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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, July 29,
2003
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The MEMS Pixel Patent of the Day goes to
Flixel Ltd. of Israel for a Micro-mechanical flat-panel
display
The Smart Catalog Patent of the Day goes to
Treetop Ventures LLC of New York for a Method for determining if a
publication has not been read
Index ================================================== NEWS Microsoft Pays Immersion $26 Million http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030729/APF/307290699 Settling
a David-and-Goliath legal battle, tiny Immersion Corp. on Monday said software
giant Microsoft Corp. will pay $26 million to license technology that brings a
more realistic touch to the Xbox video-game system. The agreement represents a
coup for Immersion, a San Jose-based company with just $20 million in revenue
after a decade in business. Microsoft's $26 million payment includes $6 million
earmarked for a roughly 10 percent stake in Immersion. Immersion also has a
48-month option to require Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft to buy $9 million of
convertible debt.
Index TI vows to fight Qualcomm patent suit
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/28/HNtiqualcomm_1.html Texas
Instruments (TI) said Monday that it plans to "vigorously" contest a lawsuit
rival Qualcomm Inc. filed against it, alleging breach of a patent and licensing
agreement involving cell phone chip technology. TI said Monday that it has
reviewed the complaint and considers it "without merit." Furthermore, the
Dallas, Texas, chip maker alleged that Qualcomm's suit was motivated by TI's
recent announcement that it would begin sampling CDMA2000 1X chips to customers.
CDMA, or code division multiple access, is a digital wireless technology
originally developed by Qualcomm which converts speech into digital information
which is then transmitted as a radio signal over a wireless network.
Index Quantum Conveyor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Ermanco
http://newsroom.eworldwire.com/view_release.php?id=1546 Quantum
Conveyor Systems, Inc. announced that on July 9, 2003, it filed a patent
infringement lawsuit against SI Handling Systems, Inc., Ermanco, Inc. and
Paragon Technologies, Inc. (collectively, “Ermanco”), in Newark, New Jersey in
the U.S. District Court. The complaint charges that various Ermanco NBS
sortation products infringe the claims of at least two patents owned by Quantum.
The complaint also seeks a court order permanently stopping Ermanco from
infringing the Quantum patents. In addition to the patent infringement claims,
the complaint also charges Ermanco with breach of contract, unfair competition
and other violations of law.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,600,474
Micro-mechanical flat-panel
display
Abstract: A
visual display is provided comprising a plurality of pixels each of which
comprises: a surface having an area less than one square millimiter comprising
first and second regions having surface finishes; and a thin planar panel having
first and second sides having surface finishes, wherein the panel is rotatably
coupled to the surface so as to rotate between a first and a second position
about an axis parallel to the surface; wherein the panel in the first position
is positioned over the first region with its second side facing the first region
and wherein in the second position the panel is positioned over the second
region with its first side facing the second region.
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6,600,419
Method for determining if a
publication has not been read
Abstract: A system
and method for monitoring and for obtaining statistical information about the
level of readership of promotional materials, includes providing with
promotional materials RF ID tags which only become deactivated when a reader has
opened the promotional material. Non-opened promotional material which has been
discarded is scanned with a receiver/scanner device which identifies the
promotional material pieces that have not been opened, including, optionally,
the identity of the addressees who have not opened the promotional materials.
Thus, statistical information and profile information is developed which
improves the ability of targeting individuals for receipt of promotional
materials.
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Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR
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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.
Electric shaver having orbitally moving blades An
electric shaver includes blades which while rotating around their own centers
also orbit around another axis, thus providing that the blades sweep a large
area.
Implantable fuel cell This invention makes use of an
electrostrictive material to increase the efficiency of a fuel cell as used
for the production of power within a human.
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