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ago..) The Patent on Patents Patent of the Day
goes to Mazda Motor Corporation of Japan for a Multilingual
patent information search system
The MEMS Patent of the
Day goes to the United States Army for a Microelectromechanical system safe
and arm apparatus
Index ================================================== NEWS RIM to pay $8.87M in damages http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=219CF1FA-6185-40C5-95A9-9001A7EF6305 A
U.S. court has ordered Research In Motion Ltd. to pay $8.87 million in enhanced
damages in its ongoing patent infringement suit with NTP Inc., according to a
statement from NTP and its lawyers. The statement said the U.S. Federal District
Court in Richmond, Va., also awarded privately held NTP 80 per cent of its legal
fees. But it said the court had not yet ruled on NTP's request for an injunction
to stop RIM from selling the its popular BlackBerry e-mail device.
Index Genomic Solutions Settles with Oxford Gene Technology http://www.genomeweb.com/articles/view-article.asp?Article=200352110179 Genomic
Solutions, a subsidiary of Harvard Bioscience, has settled a lawsuit brought in
December by Oxford Gene Technology and, in a statement issued today, said it is
evaluating whether to appeal a $1.45 million judgment against it in a breach of
contract suit brought by Affymetrix in a Michigan court. Genomic Solutions was
one of six defendants named in a patent infringement lawsuit brought in US
District Court in Delaware in December by Oxford Gene Technology IP, the
licensing firm of microarray pioneer Edwin Southern, which filed against
numerous array companies. Harvard BioSciences said today that the lawsuit would
be dismissed. As part of a settlement, reached on May 12, Genomic Solutions will
display "certain notices" in connection with the marketing of certain
genomic-related products and will pay a "nominal amount" to Oxford Gene
Technology.
Index Maxim, Sipex settle serial interface suit
http://www.ebnonline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10100171 Sipex
Corp. and Maxim Integrated Products Inc. have reached a settlement agreement in
a patent infringement lawsuit and countersuit related to a feature implemented
on some serial interface products. Under terms of the settlement both companies
will dismiss all pending legal claims in all jurisdictions. As part of the
agreement, Maxim will grant Sipex a license for U.S. PatentNo. 5,649,210
covering "auto-online" functionality used on some serial interface products.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,571,241
Multilingual patent information
search system
Background: There is
provided an information search system that can be easily used by a foreigner. A
client terminal is connected to an information search apparatus through a
network. The information search apparatus is a server for searching for, e.g.,
patent information filed in Japan, and searches various databases storing
Japanese patent information and the like in response to a request from the
client terminal. The database server is connected to the information search
apparatus and includes various databases.
Claim: A
patent information search method using a patent information processing apparatus
to input a search expression for searching for patent information containing
bibliographic information and information other than the bibliographic
information, and a patent information search method for searching a patent
information database storing patent information such as bibliographic
information based on of a predetermined search expression,
comprising: inputting a first search expression
including a first natural language expression that can be understood by a user
in said patent information processing apparatus;
replacing the input first search expression with a second search expression,
including a second natural language expression different from the first natural
language expression, such that the second search expression is a replacement
based on bibliographic information search contents of the first search
expression and thereby suitable for searching the patent information database in
the second natural language; transmitting the
replaced second search expression to said patent information search
method; searching the patent information database
based on the received second search expression in said patent information search
method; and transmitting a search result to said
patent information processing apparatus, wherein, in
said replacing of the input first search expression, the replacing the input
first search expression with the second search expression is performed by using
a replacement table for replacing components of the first search expression
described in the first language with components of the second search expression
described in the second language used in the database.
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6,568,329
Microelectromechanical system
(MEMS) safe and arm apparatus
Summary: The present
invention is an inertially operated MEMS mechanical safety and arming device for
munitions. Compared to prior art safe and arm devices, the instant invention
achieves as much as a 75% reduction in volume and a 50% reduction in cost. The
MEMS-based safe and arm device is fabricated using lithographic techniques known
in the microelectronics industry. The features of the MEMS safe and arm device
combine both "sense" and "actuate" functions in a single, inertially actuated
"mechanical logic" chip that mechanically arms the fuze by moving a microscale
initiator in-line with other fire train components. In addition, by shrinking
the mechanical safe and arm components and associated firetrain, the invention
achieves an environmental advantage by eliminating up to 90% of the lead used in
prior art devices.
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Plug-and-play smart data
cable The invention includes a smart, plug-and-play cable capable of
transparently translating between two different communication protocols. The
cables are "plug-and-play" such that two devices can be coupled together for
communication without the requirement that the user perform any special set-up
steps in order for it to work. To implement this plug-and-play functionality,
the smart cable of the present invention determines which communication
protocols are required at each of its ports, and selects, activates, enables, or
downloads the appropriate communication protocol drivers to enable proper
operation.
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.
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