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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Improved Search Results Patent of the
Day goes to Google, Inc. of California for Detecting
query-specific duplicate documents
The Wacked Out Patent
of the Day goes to International Business Machines Corporation of New York
for a System and method for monitoring behavior patterns
Index ================================================== NEWS Genlyte gets $8 million
settlement http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2003/08/30/biz-front-genlyte30-3254.html Genlyte
Thomas Group, a Louisville lighting company, said yesterday that it will receive
$8million from the settlement of a 3-year-old patent-infringement lawsuit
against its chief competitor. In 2000, Genlyte sued Lithonia, the lighting
division of Atlanta-based Acuity Inc., alleging it copied a Genlyte
recessed-lighting fixture. The Genlyte fixture was the first drop-down recessed
lighting fixture to be made entirely out of plastic. Index GlaxoSmithKline sues Dr Reddy's http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13236499&vsv=157 GlaxoSmithKline
Plc has filed a lawsuit against Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd alleging patent
infringement by the latter pertaining to one of the drugs of the former. The
lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the district of New Jersey. The
lawsuit was in reaction to the filing of Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
by Dr Reddy's with the United States Food and Drug Administration for
Ondansetron Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODT), equivalent to 4 mg and 8 mg,
with a Paragraph-IV certification on all Orange Book patents. Ondansetron ODT is
the generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's product Zofran ODT and is indicated for
the prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with certain cancer therapies.
Index Court sides with Microtune in patent infringement case http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/08/25/daily38.html Plano-based
Microtune Inc. has won a permanent injunction in a patent-infringement case
against communications chip maker Broadcom Corp. Microtune said a federal judge
ordered the permanent injunction Aug. 25, barring Irvine, Calif.-based Broadcom
from marketing and selling television tuners that infringe upon a patent held by
Microtune.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,615,209
Detecting query-specific duplicate
documents
Abstract: An
improved duplicate detection technique that uses query-relevant information to
limit the portion(s) of documents to be compared for similarity is described.
Before comparing two documents for similarity, the content of these documents
may be condensed based on the query. In one embodiment, query-relevant
information or text (also referred to as "snippets") is extracted from the
documents and only the extracted snippets, rather than the entire documents, are
compared for purposes of determining similarity.
Index
6,614,438
System and method for monitoring
behavior patterns
Background: A system
and method for monitoring behavior patterns which effectively distinguishes
between alarming and non-alarming behavior patterns, includes at least one
sensor for detecting behavior patterns, a memory device coupled to the sensor,
for storing standard behavior patterns, and a processor, coupled to the memory
device, for comparing standard behavior patterns with detected behavior
patterns, and causing a response to be activated when standard behavior patterns
and detected behavior patterns have a predetermined relationship.
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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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