A 1996 podcasting patent is in the crosshairs of two digital rights groups, which are hoping the public will help them get the patent invalidated. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, partnering with the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard ...
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Bert Rubinsky, CEO of Medical Grade Innovations (MGI), is announcing he has been issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on fabric with antimicrobial properties. The patent number is 13/207,392. The fabric, ...
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Biolase has announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an office action in a reexamination proceeding rejecting all the claims of US-based CAO Group's US patents that were subject to reexamination. Biolase chairman ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted two new patents to Carticept Medical's Navigator Delivery System technology. The fifth and sixth issued patents entitled, 'Anesthetic Injection System' and 'Imaging-Guided Anesthetic ...
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On April 22, the world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal announced that in defense of its patent rights it filed complaints before the District Court of Delaware, US on April 16 to demonstrate that AK Steel, Severstal North America (SNA) ...
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Microsoft last week filed a patent application for a new method of browsing through open windows on the desktop that builds on an older, now-abandoned feature in Windows Vista and Windows 7. The application, which was published April 11 ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a new patent to DR Systems' system and method for viewing medical images at full resolution. The patent no. 8,244,014 describes that for certain medical images, it is important that a ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Biolase's non-contact handpiece designed for cutting both hard and soft tissue. The non-contact laser handpiece, which the company claims, is the only one that is ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week reversed itself, withdrawing a rejection of Apple's trademark application for "iPad Mini," according to a document published by the agency. In an letter mailed to Apple last ...
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US-based T2 Biosystems has received a patent from US Patent and Trademark Office covering its T2Candida test. The patent describes the format and methodology of T2Candida test, desinged to detect and identify Candida species in a blood ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent, number 8,409,807 to T2 Biosystems' patent application covering its T2Candida diagnostic test. The test identifies and detects sepsis-causing Candida species from whole blood ...
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Three new coating technologies resulting in patents will streamline the coating process and reduce manufacturing costs within the automotive industry. Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, a professor who specializes in polymers and coatings in the School ...
Three new coating technologies resulting in patents will streamline the coating process and reduce manufacturing costs within the automotive industry. Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, a professor who specializes in polymers and coatings in the School ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has provisionally denied Apple's trademark application for "iPad Mini" because the term is "merely descriptive" of the tablet's size. Notice of the rejection was mailed to Apple on Jan. 25, but ...
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Microsoft today launched a searchable list of its complete patent portfolio as part of its defense of the patent system, particularly software patents. The list is currently composed of nearly 41,000 U.S. and international patents ...
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