A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, signaling what one judge described as the "death" of software and business method patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...
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Giant sent a note to its retailers last week saying they can continue selling Maestro-equipped mountain bikes without fear of an ongoing legal dispute over alleged patent infringement. DW-Link, owned by Dave Weagle, had filed a patent ...
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For first-quarter 2013, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for ...
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Urgent action is needed to reduce the U.S. military's dangerous dependence on foreign suppliers for the raw materials, parts and finished products needed to defend America, according to a new study prepared by Brigadier General John Adams ...
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Arch Chemicals has been awarded a patent for a method of inhibiting the growth of microorganisms by the step of contacting the microorganisms with an antimicrobial composition comprised of a pyrithione salt selected from the group ...
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E I du Pont de Nemours and Company has been granted a patent for an aqueous pigment dispersion comprised of at least one dispersed carbon black pigment, an aqueous carrier and at least one copolymer. The copolymer is prepared by ...
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Kansai Paint Co. has been granted a patent for an aqueous coating resin composition comprised of a water-dispersible nonionic resin (A) and a water-dispersible anionic core-shell resin (B), characterized in that the water-dispersible ...
Scott Thomsen, president of Guardian Industries Global Flat Glass Group, will engage the global glass technorati in an opening speech at Glass Performance Days Finland June 11-15 in Tampere. In addition, Guardian technologists and ...
Anglia Lighting has greatly expanded its range of LED drivers and power supplies following its appointment as UK and Eire distributor for Inventronics. The new agreement allows Anglia to offer its customers higher power drivers up to 300W ...
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The European Commission (EC) could hit Google with a significant fine for its attempts to enforce an injunction to stop Apple selling its iPhones in Germany. The Commission made the antitrust finding against Motorola Mobility, which ...
Centric Software, Inc. has earned a spot as a finalist for the 2013 Red Herring Top 100 North America Awards. The Top 100 is a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures. It represents “the ...
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Minneapolis, MN, NOVUS Glass, the inventor of windshield repair, is proud to welcome their newest franchisee, Luis and Coleen Zepeda from Gardnerville Nevada. The Zepedas will be servicing the Carson Valley area of Western Nevada and the ...
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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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For its fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-March), LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $348.9m, up 1% on last quarter and up 23% on $284.8m a year ago (and at the high end of the ...
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Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the E.U. by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (SEPs), the European Commission said in a preliminary ...
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