RETURN to News Archive ================================================== Copyright(c) 1998-2003 GEN-ERIC Channel.  All rights reserved. GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, April 1, 2003 ================================================== Use Quick Links to Access any Area of Interest Headlines News Patents of the Day Access Official Gazette and Notices Patents Available for Licensing Patent Employment Opportunities Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES   (patents issued a few hours ago..) The CyberTemp Patent of the Day goes to an Inventor from Florida for a Method of telephone access to internet secretarial services The Talking Bead Patent of the Day goes to an Inventor from Louisiana for a Method and apparatus for tracking and prompting the recitation of the rosary     Index ================================================== NEWS BellSouth Settles Call Sciences Suit http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=30567 BellSouth Intellectual Property Marketing Corporation (BIPMARK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS - News), today announced that Call Sciences, Inc., has taken a non-exclusive license from BIPMARK under several BellSouth patents. The license is royalty-bearing, but detailed financial terms were not disclosed. The license covers a variety of call routing, voice messaging, and fax messaging features, and settles a patent infringement lawsuit filed in January by BellSouth against Call Sciences, a leading developer of unified communications solutions that enable service providers and corporate enterprises to deliver enhanced personal communications services.     Index Boston Scientific files patent suit against Johnson&Johnson http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu-n31338968&feed=reu&date=20030331&cat=INDUSTRY Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) is suing to stop rival Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) from launching U.S. sales of a new drug-coated stent for treating clogged arteries, the company said on Monday in a regulatory filing. Boston Scientific said it filed a lawsuit earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Delaware charging that J&J's Cypher drug-coated stent infringes a Boston Scientific patent. The products at the center of this latest round of litigation between Boston Scientific and J&J are tiny medicine-coated tubes used to keep scar tissue from reclogging arteries that have been surgically cleared. The drug-coated devices are expected to eventually become the dominant treatment for clogged arteries, doubling the stent market to sales estimated at $5 billion a year.     Index Cephalon sues over patents http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2003/03/31/daily8.html Cephalon Inc. of West Chester, Pa., said Monday it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against four generic drug manufacturers for allegedly violating its U.S. patent covering the formulation of modafinil contained in Provigil, a treatment for daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy. The suits were filed against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Mylan Pharmaceutical Inc., Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Barr Laboratories Inc. at U.S. District Court in New Jersey. Cephalon claims its patent for Provigil does not expire until 2014. The generic drug companies intend to argue the patent is invalid.     Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY 6,542,589 Method of telephone access to internet secretarial services Abstract:  A method of telephone access to internet secretarial services. A client makes a telephonic information request to the internet secretary, who is in contact with the internet via high-speed internet connection. The internet secretary sends an internet search query, and forwards the resultant search results to the client. In one embodiment of the instant invention, the client uses toll telephone lines (such as a "900") number. A telephone company receives call rate and time information, and forwards secretarial services charges to the internet secretary. The client pays the telephone company for secretarial services charges and telephone service costs. In an alternate embodiment of the instant method the client calls the internet secretary via toll-free lines, and supplies the internet secretary credit card information and/or debit card information to pay the secretarial services charges. The internet secretary pays the telephone communications costs. In either embodiment, the client may request that the internet secretary transmit information to one or more third parties, and pay for this service via credit card and/or debit card.     Index 6,540,519 Method and apparatus for tracking and prompting the recitation of the rosary Background:  The Catholic Rosary is a series of repetitious prayers recited in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The prayers consist of a series of ten Hail Mary prayers divided by prayers such as the Lord's Prayer and Our Father. Meditation is further focused on the Mysteries of Redemption consisting of three series of five verses regarding Jesus and Mary's Joy, Sorrow, and Gloria described as being the Joyful, Glorious and Sorrowful mysteries. It is therefore desirable for the believer to combine both the mental meditation and vocalization when saying the prayers. Abstract:  A hand held apparatus for prompting and or teaching the recitation of prayers associated with the Rosary including a highly decorative and compact electronic, battery-powered instrument that may be worn as decoration and held in the user's hand for easy operation, the apparatus having audio and prayer tracking capability utilizing a microprocessor for controlling a plurality of miniature lights clustered around a large centrally located sequencing button in conjunction with a voice message used to prompt the user by audibly reciting the first portion of a prayer, thereby eliciting a response by the user for the remaining portion of the prayer before continuing stepping through the sequential prayers of the Rosary. The apparatus is further distinguishable by a decorative cross serving as the power on and reset switch, the cross having lights at each point which are sequenced on initial activation to make the sign of the cross with lights. Speakers are provided having volume controls for use with group prompting and remote earplugs are provided for personal meditative use.     Index ================================================== ACCESS OFFICIAL GAZETTE AND NOTICES Access this week's Official Gazette http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week13/OG/classIndex.htm Excerpt from OG Notices Reclassification Alert Report Adverse Decisions in Interference     Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING to Learn More or to List a Patent Financial screening system In an on-line financial screening service, a database of financial and intellectual property information is searched to find at least one financial security matching user defined financial search criteria. Selection preferences for a financial security are defined as search criteria. The databases are repeatedly searched for records matching the financial selection criteria preferences of the user. Financial securities meeting the users search criteria are then matched to an intellectual property database to determine the number of patents a financial security has been issued Laptop Display The invention includes a computer projector in a portable computer or PDA device. The lightweight, relatively low power display, only adds a few ounces of weight to the computer. It can project a large image display on a screen or wall. In several configurations taught by the patent, the LCD and active matrix displays, a considerable component of the cost of any computer or laptop, are eliminated. The projection device images onto the laptop cover panel, saving hundreds of dollars in manufacturing cost. Put the display cover in the projector position and you can project an image onto a large wall for group viewing. Other Patents CONCRETE FINISHING TOOL CHEMBLOX EDUCATIONAL MOLECULAR MODELS BOAT LOADING GUIDANCE DEVICE     Index ================================================== PATENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to Learn More or to List a Job Senior IP Counsel The attorney will support the legal requirements of the Company relative to all pertinent intellectual property activities by developing and implementing strategies and procedures for protecting and asserting the intellectual property rights of the Company. This position reports to the Associate General Counsel, IP. JD or equivalent plus California Bar admission required. 6 years of IP and general transactional experience with a nationally recognized law firm and/or major corporation. Significant experience managing IP for biotech or pharmaceutical products and technology. General corporate, as well as merger and acquisition experience preferred. 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