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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, October 14,
2003
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Way Cool Patent of the Day goes to an
Independent Inventor from Florida for a Method for
evaluating and treating hypertension
The Reason Why I'm Still
Single Patent of the Day goes to R. D. Innovations, Inc. of British
Columbia for a Game for two people in a relationship and method of play
Index ================================================== NEWS LeapFrog Sues Mattel's
Fisher-Price Unit for Patent Infringement http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99516,00.html In a suit filed
in Delaware late last week, LeapFrog seeks to stop Mattel unit Fisher-Price from
selling PowerTouch Learning System (search), a toy shaping up to be a hot seller
for the holiday season. Both Fisher-Price's PowerTouch and LeapFrog's LeapPad
Plus Writing made Toy Wishes magazine's "Hot Dozen" list, which predicts the
most popular toys for the holiday season. At a joint Toy Industry Association
(search) and Toy Wishes event promoting holiday toys Wednesday, Fisher-Price
President Neil Friedman said the company did not infringe on LeapFrog's patent.
Index Xbox chip maker IPO to proceed despite patent suit
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=296924512&fp=2&fpid=1 Scottish
microelectronics company, Wolfson Microelectronics, intends to go ahead with its
initial public offering (IPO), due to take place this week, despite a patent
infringement suit from US competitor, Cirrus Logic. Wolfson and Cirrus Logic
both make audio digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that are used in games
consoles, STBs (set-top boxes) and other entertainment products. One of
Wolfson's major clients is Microsoft, which uses Wolfson audio DACs in its Xbox
console. Cirrus Logic DACs are used in Sony's PlayStation. Cirrus Logic
announced last Thursday that it had filed a patent infringement suit against
Wolfson in the US District Court for the Southern District of California. The
suit related to 15 of Wolfson's DACs, which Cirrus Logic said infringed US
Patent Numbers 6,492,928 and 6,011,501 Index It's Wizards vs. Pokemon
as ex-partners square off http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/143467_pokemon11.html The
Pokemon trading card game has entertained more than 30 million children
worldwide. But now the companies that helped turn the game into a billion-dollar
sensation are fighting like two kids in a sandbox. Renton-based Wizards of the
Coast, which until last month was the exclusive manufacturer, distributor and
marketer of the cards in North America, Europe and the Middle East, filed a
lawsuit last week against Nintendo of America, The Pokemon Co., Pokemon USA and
two former executives. Filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, the suit alleges
patent infringement, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets,
tortuous interference with a business relationship, unjust enrichment and other
claims.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,632,180
Method for evaluating and treating
hypertension
Abstract: The Laragh
Method is a novel method useful for evaluating and treating hypertensive
patients. The Laragh Method provides a systematic approach for the physician to
use volume vasoconstriction information with entry and induced changes in blood
pressure and in ambulatory plasma renin levels for the rational selection of
treatment tailored to suit each individual hypertensive patient. The Laragh
Method provides a systematic and rational approach to drug selection which
greatly improves the therapeutic success rate among hypertensive patients and
which for the large majority provides long-term blood pressure control with one
drug instead of two or two instead of three with each drug rationally targeted
to control the renin and/or volume elements in the blood pressure equation.
Index
6,631,904
Game for two people in a
relationship and method of play
Abstract: A game to
promote communication and understanding between couples. The game involves
assigning points to a number of activities to be performed by one person, for
example, the man, for the benefit of the second person, the woman. When the man
performs an act such as letting the woman sleep in, taking the woman out to
dinner, or giving the woman a gift, he is awarded the points assigned to that
act. The accumulated points are tracked on a board. Once the points reach a
certain level, the man is permitted to redeem the points for a reward such as a
night out. The woman is permitted to block the awarding of points temporarily in
the event of an extraordinary event such as the man forgetting the woman's
birthday or not helping out with household chores.
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
Certificates of Correction
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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