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RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) today reaffirmed its continued strong position and ongoing progress made in its defense of a process patent infringement lawsuit previously served against BDSI and its partners for ONSOLIS, by MonoSolRx, LLC (MonoSol). BDSI reaffirms that its products and technologies do not infringe on MonoSol's original patents, and BDSI believes that its position in this matter has only been...
Coming to Arlington, Va., Friday; Live Webcast Also Available WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Are you ready for the biggest change in patent law in more than 140 years? Find out how you can protect yourself in light of the America Invents Act with a "Workshop on How the AIA Will Affect Best Business Practices." Sponsored by the IEEE Intellectual Property Professionals Initiative, the event will be hosted by George Mason University on Friday, 19 October from...
NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. ("Network-1") (OTC BB: NSSI) announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in response to a third party request, agreed to reexamine the Company's Remote Power Patent, U.S. Patent 6,218,930. This initial reexamination grant is no surprise as the majority of reexamination requests made to the United States Patent Office are granted. Requesting a reexamination is a...
WASHINGTON and SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Partners of Sughrue Mion PLLC , a global intellectual property law firm, recently addressed the impact of new U.S. patent legislation on international markets at the 2012 BIO KOREA Health for Humanity Conference held in Seoul, Korea on September 12-14. The 7(th) Annual BIO KOREA Conference focused on a diverse range of applications and areas such as medical care, food, agriculture, energy, chemicals, and the...
TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chand proceeding pro se, for its complaint against Kappos et al, alleges USPTO has misinterpreted and thus has misapplied requirements of 35 USC 154(b) to the determination of patent term of issued patents, against the clear intent of the US Congress, and has deprived Chand of the full patent term of seventeen years. Chand is of the belief that other interested parties interested in the outcome of this case would intervene on behalf of...
POINT RICHMOND, Calif., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSPT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has listed U.S. Patent No. 8,242,131 (the '131 patent) in its Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, or "Orange Book." This patent, which was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on August 14, 2012, includes claims directed to methods of treating middle-of-the-night insomnia...
DALLAS, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TransData Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced, solid-state power & energy metering products, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (U.S. Patent Office) has issued reexamination certificates confirming the patentability of three TransData patents related to digital electric meters equipped with internal wireless communications. The recent certificates conclude four anonymous patent reexamination requests...
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the biobutanol technology leader, announced today the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Butamax(TM) Patent Number 8,241,878. This patent provides early protection for high activity enzymes that perform a key a step in the pathway for making isobutanol. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120209/MM50763LOGO ) "Butamax was first to identify the superior activity of...
The Super Rope Cinch, a device that eliminates the need to tie and untie knots when securing items with rope, has just received patent number 8225463 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office Brentwood, TN (PRWEB) July 31, 2012 The Super Rope Cinch, a device that eliminates the need to tie and untie knots when securing items with rope, has just received patent number 8225463 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent owners, Timothy Bourke and Dorothy Bourke...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Over the weekend Minecraft game developer Markus Persson, who is also known by the moniker "notch" had an interesting wake-up call. He tweeted the event. "Step 1: Wake up. Step 2: Check email. Step 3: See we're being sued for patent infringement. Step 4: Smile." DRM tech firm Uniloc is suing Minecraft's parent company Mojang, as reported by the blog Boing Boing. Mojang is actually among a group of 10 game developers, which also includes...
