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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, April 15,
2003
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The You've Got Auction Patent of the Day
goes to Amazon.com, Inc. of Seattle for an Auction notification system
The Blissful Visions Patent of the Day goes to EPIX Medical, Inc.
of Massachusetts for Imaging sexual response
Index ================================================== NEWS Movielink tagged with patent suit http://news.com.com/2100-1025-996442.html USA Video Technology,
based in Delaware, Conn., filed suit Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the
District of Delaware against Movielink, a video-on-demand service that USA Video
says violates its patent rights for an online movie delivery system. USA Video,
a unit of USA Video Interactive, was awarded the patent, called "Store and
Forward Video System," in July 1992; it broadly covers a method for Internet
users to request and receive "a digitized video program for storage and
viewing," according to the complaint. Movielink, which sells digital copies of
films for download from its five partners including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and
Viacom's Paramount Pictures, violates this patent on the basis of its service,
the complaint says.
Index PING awarded $2.1 million in patent infringement
case http://www.iseekgolf.com/view_articles.php/0/26/1717/4/15/0/1/sidebar After
a Chicago federal jury found Karsten Manufacturing Company parent of PING Inc,
not guilty of patent infringement in Vardon Golf Company, Inc vs Karsten Mfg.
Co., U.S. District Court Judge David H. Coar awarded Karsten US$2,014,699.13 in
attorneys' fees and US$100,900.86 in costs. In the suit, Vardon accused PING's
ISI irons and TiSI woods of infringing upon two patents and sought more than $60
million in damages. Karsten filed a counterclaim against Vardon asserting that
not only did it not infringe the asserted patents, but that Vardon's patents
were invalid and procured by fraud. Index Microsoft files suit in
Lucent patent battle http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0411microfiles.html Microsoft
this week filed a lawsuit in a patent fight involving Lucent, Gateway and Dell,
after being asked to intervene because the products involved use its own
technology. Lucent filed a claim against Gateway in the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of Virginia in June last year, claiming that some Gateway
products incorporating Microsoft technology infringed Lucent-owned patents.
Lucent also targeted Dell, in the District Court of Delaware, with a similar
patent suit last year, according to court documents. On Tuesday Microsoft filed
a lawsuit requesting that the District Court declare invalid 13 patents that
Lucent claims to hold. The patents cover audio and video coding as well as
position-sensed stylus and touch-screen form-entry technology, according to
court documents.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,549,904
Auction notification system
Abstract: A method
and system for generating notifications of auctions based on user notification
requests. In one embodiment, the notification system receives from users
selection specifications that specify the types of auctions for which the user
is to be notified. The selection specifications may include a category of the
auctions, keywords for identifying auctions, and values for attributes
associated with the category. When the notification system receives a selection
specification, it determines whether that selection specification is the same as
or nearly the same as other selection specifications that have been received.
The notification system periodically determines whether any new auctions satisfy
a selection specification by submitting a query to an auction database and then
notifies the users when new auctions are identified. The notification may
include a list of auctions that is sorted based on access patterns of users who
are presented with lists of auctions using selection specifications with similar
category, attribute, or keyword values.
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6,548,044
Imaging sexual response
Background: Female
sexual arousal disorder is a poorly understood condition for which there is no
reliable diagnostic test. The underlying pathophysiology of this condition is
thought to include an inadequate vascular arousal response to sexual
stimulation. Vaginal photoplethysmography is the most widely reported method for
assessing the vascular component of the arousal response to sexual stimulation
(by measuring a change in vaginal pulse amplitude). However, vaginal
photoplethysmography has the disadvantage of not providing an absolute measure
of either vaginal blood volume or blood flow because all changes are observed
without a quantifiable reference baseline. Furthermore, photoplethysmography
results are highly variable and depend on exact placement of the probe, among
other parameters. Thus, there remains a need to develop better methods and
techniques for measuring blood flow in sexual response, preferably female sexual
response, and, more particularly, in female sexual arousal
disorders
Abstract: The present invention relates to
methods for contrast-enhanced imaging of sexual response. In particular, the
present invention relates to methods of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
computerized X-ray tomography (CT), ultrasound, and optical imaging using
contrast agents to measure blood flow during sexual response, especially female
sexual response. The invention relates to methods of analyzing normal sexual
function and sexual dysfunction and provides a means for evaluating and
screening potential therapeutic compounds for enhancing sexual function or
treating sexual dysfunction.
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Survey of Registered Practitioners
Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR
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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
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