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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, November 4,
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The 3D Memory Patent of the Day goes to
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. of Houston for a Cubic memory array
The Heat n Sniff Patent of
the Day goes to Independent Inventors from Texas for Wearing apparel
with scented ink
Index ================================================== NEWS Patent ruling tugs at Net
downloads http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5101490.html Mount Lebanon,
Penn.-based SightSound holds three patents related to the sale and download of
digital music and video over the Internet. In 1998, the company sued the
Internet site CDNow, owned by media titan Bertelsmann, for infringement of
patents filed in the late 1980s. The case is the first and only test so far of
the validity of SightSound's intellectual property holdings. Index Alcatel Denies
Patent Infringement Allegations By Fitel USA http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031103/dam050_1.html Alcatel announced
that it has filed a response in the U.S. District Court for the Western District
of North Carolina, denying the infringement of a patent alleged in a complaint
brought by OFS/Fitel. Alcatel's patented TeraLight(TM) optical fiber has been
widely available since 1999 and is the first of a new generation of optical
fiber designed for the networks of the future. TeraLight(TM) has established new
levels of performance with numerous bandwidth and distance records for both 10-
and 40-Gbit/s applications. Prior to the filing of this litigation, Alcatel
informed OFS/Fitel that the TeraLight(TM) products neither used the Fitel patent
nor was the Fitel patent valid. Index University sues Sony,
Toshiba over PS2 chip http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=394596850&fp=2&fpid=1 Sony
and Toshiba have been sued in a patent dispute with Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation (WARF), the University of Wisconsin-Madison's commercial arm. WARF
filed a patent suit in the US District Court for the Western District of
Wisconsin on October 20. In its filing, WARF said that the "Emotion Engine"
integrated circuit, designed by Toshiba and used in Sony's PlayStation 2
console, infringes U.S. patent 4,630,094.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,643,159
Cubic memory array
Abstract: A cubic
memory array is fabricated on a substrate having a planar surface. The cubic
memory array includes a plurality of first select-lines organized in more than
one plane parallel to the planar surface. A plurality of second select-lines is
formed in pillars disposed orthogonal to the planer surface of the substrate. A
plurality of memory cells are respectively coupled to the plurality of first and
plurality of second select-lines.
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6,640,715
Wearing apparel with scented ink
Abstract: A process
in which a scented ink is applied to an article. An oil-based scent is mixed
with a plastisol-type ink and applied to an article, such as a t-shirt. All
layers of the ink forming the design, including the base layer, the color layers
and a top special effects clear plastisol ink, include the scent. The
combination of a plastisol ink and the oil-based scent results in a design with
a positive "hand", where elevated temperatures activate the scent.
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Reissue Applications Filed
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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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