Latest United States patent law Stories
WILMINGTON, Del., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels, LLC noted today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued an order granting Butamax's request for reexamination of the Gevo "GIFT" Patent No. 8,101,808. The patent has 156 claims related to separation and recovery of various alcohols, including butanols. The claims also describe methods for retrofitting ethanol plants to produce higher alcohols. The USPTO issued an Office Action...
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Just one day before a July 18, 2012 trial, ObjectVideo, Inc. dropped its patent infringement case against Samsung Techwin Co, Ltd. and Samsung Opto-Electronics America, Inc., in the International Trade Commission (ITC). The patents in suit dealt with video analytic software for security camera systems, such as virtual tripwire technology, and included US patent numbers 6,696,945; 6,970,083; and 7,424,175 (the '175). The case was originally...
SAN DIEGO, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Celladon Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments for cardiovascular diseases, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U.S. Patent No. 8,221,738 with claims that cover the administration of MYDICAR, Celladon's first in class drug under clinical evaluation for advanced heart failure. The patent, titled "Methods of enhanced uptake of...
GLEN ALLEN, Va., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX) announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for claims covering a product formulation that, among other uses, assists in weight loss and also the reduction of tobacco use. Application No. 12/826,985, entitled "Nutritional Product Containing Anatabine and Yerba Mate," describes and claims compositions containing a combination of anatabine and yerba...
DALLAS, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TransData Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has confirmed the validity of all of the company's United States smart meter patents after concluding a series of ex-parte reexaminations. TransData's smart meter patents are directed towards wireless "under-glass" communication technology invented by the company for use in digital electric meters. Digital electric meters incorporating this technology are commonly...
YORK, Pa., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Unilife Corporation ("Unilife" or "Company") (NASDAQ: UNIS, ASX: UNS), today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the Company U.S. Patent No. 8,167,837 for the Unifill® ready-to-fill (prefilled) syringe. This key Unilife patent, which provides Unilife and its customers with a long-term competitive advantage into 2026, covers Unilife's proprietary technology for the integration of automatic and...
RESTON, Va., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ObjectVideo, the leader in intelligent video, today announced it has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) requesting an investigation of certain Pelco Sarix® technology products, including, but not limited to, Sarix® IDE10DN-0 and Sarix® IEE10DN-0 network cameras. The complaint seeks an exclusion order and a cease and desist order barring the importation, sale for importation or sale after...
New Treatise Includes Detailed Analysis of the America Invents Act of 2011 ARLINGTON, Va., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (P.L. 112-29), signed into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011, encompasses some of the most substantial changes to patent law in centuries. Bloomberg BNA today announces the publication of the June 2012 Edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, offering the latest legislative developments affecting...
ARLINGTON, Va., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA announces the publication of the 2012 Supplement to Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure, Seventh Edition, which details significant changes in U.S. patent law resulting from recent decisions and statutory amendments by the district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The treatise also explains new prosecution rules from the Patent and Trademark Office,...
DALLAS, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TransData, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced solid-state power and energy metering products, announced today that it received a "Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate" from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("Patent Office") affirming validity of TransData's U.S. Patent No. 6,462,713 ('713 patent) after concluding a reexamination. The '713 patent is TransData's second wireless smart electric meter...
