RETURN to News
Archive ================================================== Copyright(c)
1998-2003 GEN-ERIC Channel. All rights reserved.
GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, November 11,
2003
================================================== Use Quick Links
to Access any Area of Interest Headlines News Patents of the Day Access Official Gazette and
Notices Patents Available for Licensing Patent Employment
Opportunities
Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Media Engine Patent of the Day goes to
3Com Corporation of Santa Clara for a Search engine to
verify streaming audio sources
The Metabolic Explosive
Patent of the Day goes to The Ensign-Bickford Company of Connecticut for
Method for bioremediating undetonated explosive device
Index ================================================== NEWS Timeline Sues Cognos for
Patent Infringement http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20031106005870&newsLang=en Timeline
Inc. announced an action against Cognos, Inc., a foreign company and its
U.S.-based subsidiary, Cognos Corporation, in Federal District Court for Western
Washington alleging patent infringement. This action seeks damages and to enjoin
Cognos from any further licensing of certain Cognos software modules in the
United States. Cognos is a provider of data base management systems and
reporting and analytic solutions with trailing twelve month revenues of $600
million and a market cap of $3 billion. "Our patented technology for automation
of design for data marts, OLAP cubes and other data enhancement technologies is
proprietary. We have now been awarded five U.S. patents totaling 126 separate
claims on this very significant technology. Our analysis of the Cognos product
line for data management leads us to believe there are several areas of patent
infringement," stated Charles R. Osenbaugh, President and CEO of Timeline.
Index Playtex patent claim against Procter & Gamble dismissed
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/7192013.htm A
federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a patent-infringement claim by Playtex
Products Inc. against Procter & Gamble Co. over a tampon applicator. U.S.
District Judge Thomas Rose said Procter & Gamble's Tampax Pearl Plastic
tampon applicator does not violate the Playtex patent because the patent does
not cover devices with entirely curved surfaces. Rose said the finger grip of
the Playtex applicator has flat surfaces, while the Pearl Plastic applicator has
curved, contoured surfaces. Rose granted Procter & Gamble's request to
dismiss the lawsuit.
Index Akamai, C&W Settle Patent Suits
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3106041 Two of
the largest content delivery companies Friday made an announcement that ends
years of legal feuding. San Francisco-based Cable & Wireless America agreed
today to drop several patent infringement lawsuits it had brought against
Boston-based Akamai Technologies. As part of the pact, Akamai agreed to dismiss
two lawsuits it had brought against the U.S. subsidiary of the international
high-tech firm Cable & Wireless as well. Both firms also vowed not to sue
each other for a period of five years with respect to the patents and that had
been at issue in these cases. As additional conditions of the agreement, no cash
payments or compensation will be made, and each party may continue to offer its
content delivery network (CDN) services.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,647,389
Search engine to verify streaming
audio sources
Abstract: An
automated method for periodically evaluating media streams on a network of
computers. The invention is used to determine the availability of various media
streams and identify various characteristics of each stream. By repeatedly
obtaining the addresses, attempting to establish communication with each media
stream, and then reporting the results the system can verify that each media
stream is accessible and report various characteristics of the stream.
Index
6,644,200
Method for bioremediating
undetonated explosive device
Abstract: Technology
for in situ remediation of undetonated explosive material. An explosive
apparatus contains an explosive material in close proximity with microorganisms.
An explosive mixture capable of self remediation in the form of an explosive
material is intermixed with microorganisms. The microorganisms are either mobile
or temporarily deactivated by freeze drying until rehydrated and remobilized.
The microorganisms are capable of metabolizing the explosive material. Examples
of such microorganisms include Pseudomonas spp., Escherichia spp., Morganella
spp., Rhodococcus spp., Comamonas spp., and denitrifying microorganisms. A
bioremediation apparatus that contains microorganisms and prevents contact
between the microorganisms and explosive material is joined with an explosive
apparatus that houses a charge of explosive material. A barrier is actuated by
mechanical, electrical or chemical mechanisms to release the microorganisms into
the explosive assembly to enable the microorganisms to begin metabolizing the
explosive material, when the explosive apparatus is joined with the
bioremediating apparatus. If the explosive material fails to detonate, the
explosive is remediated by the action of the microorganisms. Remediation
includes both disabling of the explosive material and detoxification of the
resulting chemical compositions.
Index ================================================== ACCESS OFFICIAL GAZETTE AND
NOTICES Access this week's Official
Gazette http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week45/OG/index2.htm
Excerpt
from OG Notices
January 2004 Revision of Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Procedure
Correspondence After Removal from The Register
Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR
LICENSING
to Learn More or to List a Patent
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.
Index ================================================== PATENT EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
to List a Job
Patent Related Jobs from Monster
Patent Related Jobs from www.IntelPropLaw.com
Index ================================================== GEN-ERIC
Channel
