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U S Patent Search: Protect Your Investment
A U S patent search can reveal if you can patent your new invention or if you should pursue an idea. Why should a company or individual want to conduct a U S patent search? The

Forgent | Intellectual Property | ‘672 Patent
Forgent’s Intellectual Property Program is currently devoting significant resources to protecting its image compression technology embodied in U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 (the ‘672 Patent) and its

Patent Requirements (BitLaw)
The Patent Requirements section of BitLaw discusses the U.S. requirements for patent issuance Executive summary: Section 101 of the U.S. Patent Act sets forth the general requirements for a

Patent Fetcher - Patent Fetcher PDF Request Form
The Patent Fetcher site is a place for free U.S. Patent PDFs and PDFs of published U.S. patent Update - January 19, 2007 : Due to problems with our payment provider on

United States Patent and Trademark Office Home Page
United States Patent & Trademark Office’s (USPTO) patent databases - includes AIDS patents.

Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases
Issued Patents (PatFT) (full-text since 1976, full-page images since 1790) Quick Search Advanced Search Patent Number Search View Patent Full-Page Images How to View Patent Images

U.S. Patent Office Destroying Paper Records - 1/7/2002 - Library
Citing space concerns and maintenance issues, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has begun Library Journal, 1/7/2002. Citing space concerns and maintenance issues, the U.S.

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U.S. Patent Office Re-Opens Debate Over Animal Patents
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First US Patent: “Method of producing pot ash and pearl ash”
First U.S. Patent: U.S. Patent No. 1X “Method of producing pot ash and pearl ash” issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1790. To download a copy in pdf, click here

Frequently Asked Questions on Patents and Exclusivity
… some antibiotic drugs listed in the Patent and Exclusivity section of the Orange … a specific format in which patent information needs to be submitted to …

Glossary of patent terms @ delphion.com
Use the delphion.com glossary of patent terms for definitions phrases like patent application, prior art, and intellectual property. … Application (for patent) …

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… services directory, publication of related articles and further patent links. … United States Patent and Trademark Office - Frequently Asked Questions about Patents …

The Patent Board
The Patent Board is committed to helping our members maximize the value of their Intellectual Property as a measurable financial asset and to leverage the …

PatentFizz_ - Main site
… key information about an individual patent, including an optimized view of the … images, and chain-of-title records housed at the Patent and Trademark Office. …

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Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this …

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Land patent and survey records will be inaccessible during this time. We plan to have the new system up by Wednesday, August 22, 2007. …

IBM Intellectual Property And Licensing
Overview Intellectual Property & Licensing, patent portfolio, patent licensing practices, technology licensing practices, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin.

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Patent
This section provides an overview of patent law and some specific information on software and business method patents.

Howstuffworks "How Patents Work"
Patents protect inventions and intellectual property from being copied. Learn about the uses of patents, the history of patents and about intellectual …

CIPO - Canadian Patents Database
The Canadian Patents Database of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) provides access to patent document images, bibliographic data and patent …

EFF: Patent Busting's Most Wanted
Tired of bogus software patents? So are we! To combat these annoying and often dangerous legal weapons, EFF has launched the Patent Busting Project to take …

Patent Pending Blog - Patents and the History of Technology
Totally Absurd Inventions & Patents - From the tricycle lawn mower to the diaper alarm, read about some of the strangest patents ever issued by the US …

Patent Cafe - IPFrontline.com
IPFrontline magazine features patent intellectual property technology news and best practices.

Amazon One-Click Shopping
It is now known as Amazon's "1-Click" patent. The patent describes an online … He goes on to call Amazon's 1-Click patent "a cynical and ungrateful use of …

MedioStream alleges patent infringement by Apple, others
MSN MoneyCentral - MedioStream Inc. sued Apple Inc., Dell Inc. and Acer America Corp. this week, alleging infringements of its patents for decoding audio and video signals for faster playback or recording. Los Altos-based MedioStream said in a complaint filed in

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CNET News - Visto erased one of its patent lawsuits Tuesday, settling all claims against Seven in exchange for a licensing deal. Last year Visto won a jury verdict against Seven, as well as $7.7 million in damages and an injunction against the sale of Seven’s

U.S. Patent Office Issues New Patent for BUGS Carbon Treatment
MSN MoneyCentral - Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc. BUGS (BCN:615212), an innovative environmental products and services company, today announced it has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,258,792 for its Bio-GAC(TM) and BAC(TM) bio-recycling technology for spent

Amgen, Roche prepare for anemia drug trial
Reuters - On Aug. 28, Amgen won a victory when Judge William Young issued a pre-trial ruling that Mircera infringes Amgen’s patent ‘422, the most important of five in dispute. At issue in the trial, among other things, is whether the ‘422 patent is valid

Apple Files for Multiple iPod Wi-Fi Patents
MacNN - On August 30, the US Patent & Trademark Office published five of Apple’s patent applications respectfully titled Methods and apparatuses for pixel transformations, Interface for defining aperture, Power management in a portable media delivery

Broadcom Reaps Patent Suit Benefits
MSNBC - Broadcom (BRCM) has long provided a range of chips for cell phones, such as those that ensure handsets are compatible with wireless Bluetooth headsets. But for years Broadcom has had only a tiny fraction of a more desirable corner of the handset

Microsoft settles with Eolas, ends long-running patent battle
Ars Technica - Microsoft, Eolas may close the books on browser plug-in patent fight USPTO gives Microsoft chance to overturn Eolas browser plug-in patent Mexican tycoon elbows past Gates for “richest man” honors Microsoft Malware Protection Center opens for

Hutchison Law Group Member Named to Movers & Shakers List
dBusinessNews.com - He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to and during law school, Baum worked as a pharmaceutical chemist analyzing compounds for DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals and SmithKline Beecham. About Hutchison Law Group

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Voices News - She was next employed by Uniroyal Chemical for five years as a secretary, where her responsibilities included the generation of all formal documents required for filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. For the next 11 years, she provided

Apple Spends $720K Lobbying for Patent Reform
Mac Observer - Apple Inc. is looking to make some changes to the U.S. patent system and spent US$720,000 during the first half of 2007 lobbying the U.S. federal government to make that happen. Like many high tech companies, Apple is pushing for reforms that would

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Lincoln Daily News - The first black woman to receive a U.S. patent was Sarah Goode in 1885. Goode owned a furniture store in Chicago when she patented a cabinet bed. In 1890, fewer than 1 percent of U.S. patents were issued to women. By 2002, that number

A precision peek:
Sun-Journal - My associate - who holds a patent - looked at it and said ‘You got the patent!’ and shook my hand,” Mayes said with a chuckle. He went online to verify the patent had been awarded. “I’m still waiting for ‘U.S. Patent Holder’ to be engraved on my name

Microsoft, Eolas settle patent dispute
CNET News - Eolas prevailed earlier in the case, with a court awarding damages of $521 million in 2003 and the U.S. Patent Office upholding the validity of the Eolas patent in 2005. However, a Supreme Court decision this year weakened Eolas case , and Microsoft

Apple’s Files for Multiple iPod Wi-Fi Patents
MacNN - NOTICE: MacNN presents only a brief summary of patents with associated graphic(s) for journalistic news purposes as each such patent application and/or grant is revealed by the U.S. Patent & Trade Office. Readers are cautioned that the full text of

Hydrogen-generating Technology Closer Than Ever
Science Daily - The Purdue Research Foundation holds title to the primary patent, which has been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is pending. An Indiana startup company, AlGalCo LLC., has received a license for the exclusive right to commercialize

XPEL continues to improve financial performance, narrows losses
San Antonio Business Journal - paid $806,661 in cash, 250,000 in shares of common stock and 250,000 warrants, giving the previous owners the right to buy additional XPEL stock at a price of $2.30 per share. Earlier this week, the company also secured a patent from the U.S. Patent

Bombs away: Sub shop owners have a beef with sandwich trademark
Salem News - He’s getting sub shop owners across New England to sign on, and he’ll bring it to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. But Ferris denies that there’s a beef between him and Kuceris. “It’s not a tiff. I wasn’t aware of it,” he said

Server worth $1.5 million wrecked by forklift
Australian PC World - The server destined for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, was being transferred from a delivery truck to T.R. Systems’ warehouse in Alexandria, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. It was packaged in a crate on a pallet and held on a fork-lift truck’s

Apple dropped on $720K lobbying this year
MacNN - Apple played heavily in the political arena in the first half of this year, spending $720,000 on lobbying the federal government. The Associated Press reports that the company lobbied Congress on legislation designed to update the U.S. patent system

Test pilots to join Aerospace Walk of Honor
Antelope Valley Press - His experiences with the X-4 inspired him to design the first full-face shield helmet, for which he was awarded a U.S. patent. He returned to Lockheed in 1955, working with the XF-104 and T2V projects, retiring as chief pilot in 1975. Welch was the

Apple Spends $720K Lobbying for Patent Reform
Mac Observer - Apple Inc. is looking to make some changes to the U.S. patent system and spent US$720,000 during the first half of 2007 lobbying the U.S. federal government to make that happen. Like many high tech companies, Apple is pushing for reforms that would

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PRWeb - “In launching Makeover Train, we wanted to create an online buzz about the show. In embedding the video within the press release, we gave journalists, bloggers, potential audience members a preview of the show. Ultimately, our release received over

HTH Worldwide Awarded U.S. Patent for Online Appointment Scheduling
Earthtimes - RADNOR, PA — 08/23/07 — HTH Worldwide announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to HTH for its method of arranging appointments with medical providers in all corners of the world via multiple simultaneous

Banks spent $2.6 million on lobbying
CNBC - The trade group lobbied on dozens of bills, including legislation designed to update the U.S. patent system. In June a Senate panel approved a measure that would protect banks from damage awards in patent infringement cases involving electronic check

Kenexa sues for patent infringement
Philadelphia Business Journal - Kenexa subsidiary Kenexa BrassRing Inc. is suing Taleo Corp. for patent infringement in Delaware District Court. The complaint alleges Taleo is infringing on U.S. Patent 5,999,939, which covers “a system for facilitating the accurate entry of

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)
Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce.

Patent Prospector
Egyptian Goddess (EGI) sued Swisa for infringing design patent 467389, covering an ornamental nail buffer. The district court found Swisa's product lacking …

U.S. Grants Patent For Broad Range Of Internet Rich Applications …
Potentially tens of thousands of businesses could be subject to licensing fees when using rich-media technology over the Internet.

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Totally Absurd Inventions & Patents - From the tricycle lawn mower to the diaper alarm, read about some of the strangest patents ever issued by the US …

Patent Pending Blog - Patents and the History of Technology
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Patent Cafe - IPFrontline.com
IPFrontline magazine features patent intellectual property technology news and best practices.

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Totally Absurd Inventions & Patents - From the tricycle lawn mower to the diaper alarm, read about some of the strangest patents ever issued by the US …

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Answers to frequently asked questions about patents, copyrights, and trademarks, from the law firm of Oppedahl & Larson.

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Patent & Technology Transfer Databases: Patent databases available through the Internet; Patent Database Searching Aids & Techniques: Help and strategies …

National Association of Patent Practitioners Home Page of the NAPP.ORG
The National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting patent practitioners and those working in the …

Patent Watch
Patent Watch. … U.S. Patent 7238803, July 3, 2007; Jeffrey S. Plotkin). View patent information from CAS. What do you think of Heart Cut and Patent Watch? …

Howstuffworks "How Patents Work"
The reasons for performing a patent search are many. The most obvious is to determine whether or not you can get a patent or if your invention has already …

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July 18, 2007: Key HIV/AIDS Drug Patents To Be Reviewed By U.S. Patent Office July 2, 2007: Consumer Groups File Comments Supporting U.S. Patent Office's …

Amazon One-Click Shopping
Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents.

Microsoft, Eolas settle patent dispute
CNET News - Eolas prevailed earlier in the case, with a court awarding damages of $521 million in 2003 and the U.S. Patent Office upholding the validity of the Eolas patent in 2005. However, a Supreme Court decision this year weakened Eolas case , and Microsoft

News Blog: Posts tagged lawsuit
CNET News - Eolas prevailed earlier in the case, with a court awarding damages of $521 million in 2003 and the U.S. Patent Office upholding the validity of the Eolas patent in 2005. However, a Supreme Court decision this year weakened Eolas case , and Microsoft

Local.com to Present at Merriman Curhan Ford & Co.’s 4th Annual
Market Wire - Local.com claims U.S. patent numbers 7,231,405 and 7,200,413. For more information visit: www.local.com . About Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., a subsidiary of MCF Corporation ( AMEX : MEM ), is an investment bank and securities

Ambient Retains OTC Financial Network for Investor Relations
Forbes - 31, 2006, and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason. Ambient is a trademark of Ambient Corporation registered in the U.S. Patent

Hutchison Law Group Member Named to Movers & Shakers List
dBusinessNews.com - He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to and during law school, Baum worked as a pharmaceutical chemist analyzing compounds for DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals and SmithKline Beecham. About Hutchison Law Group

NOVEKO INTERNATIONAL INC. wins an important antimicrobial face mask
CNW Group - So far, Noveko’s antimicrobial technology has been delivered a U.S. patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (May 2006) and a Eurasian patent by the Eurasian Patent Office, located in Moscow (July 2007). The Company has other

Gowers review: Patent Office response
… European and Community Patent proposals. Continuing to improve patent quality … UK Intellectual Property Office is an operating name of the Patent Office …

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Official site for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Find how-to guides, office policies and laws, forms, fee schedules, news, upcoming conference and …

Sieberth & Patty, L.L.C.
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