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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Jay Walker Patent of the Day goes to
Walker Digital, LLC of Connecticut for a System and
method for reselling a previously sold product
The Sound of
Music Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from California
for Note bending by neck pivoting
Index ================================================== NEWS Analog Devices settles
lawsuit over modem technology http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/02/HNmodemlawsuit_1.html A
California inventor of a standard for dial-up modem technology has settled a
patent infringement lawsuit with Analog Devices Inc. over charges that the
company was improperly using patented technology. Brent Townshend and Analog
Devices have agreed to a licensing program for technology patented by Townshend
that Analog Devices has used in some of its products, Townshend said Tuesday. In
1994, Townshend obtained a patent for the technology that allows users of
dial-up modems to download information from the Internet, he said. The patent
covered an algorithm that allows an analog client to talk to a digital server,
enabling the user to download data at 56Kbps. Uploads to the Internet are still
restricted to 36.6Kbps, which was the previous limitation for downloads before
Townshend's invention. The technology was originally licensed to US Robotics
Corp., which is now owned by 3Com. Index ROMER CimCore Sues Faro
for Patent Infringement http://www.tenlinks.com/NEWS/PR/romer/120103_faro.htm ROMER Inc.
CimCore Corp. announced that it has filed suit against FARO Technologies Inc.,
for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of California. In the lawsuit, ROMER CimCore has asserted U.S. Patent
No. 5,829,148, entitled "Spatial Measuring Device", issued on November 3, 1998
to Homer Eaton, chairman of ROMER CimCore. The Eaton patent is directed to a
multiple-axis articulated coordinate measurement machine ("CMM") having joint
assemblies with an unlimited range of rotation. "Our products are the most
technologically advanced in the industry and our patent portfolio is a big part
of that advantage. The ability for a measuring arm to have unlimited rotation
seems to be clearly protected by our patent and we are prepared to defend our
intellectual property to the fullest extent possible," stated Mr. Eaton,
inventor of the first articulated CMM arm. Index Supreme Court bars drug
makers' patent suit http://www.detnews.com/2003/business/0312/02/c04-339686.htm The
Supreme Court dealt a blow to large drug manufacturers Monday, refusing to hear
an appeal over patent rights for drugs that are prescribed for uses the Food and
Drug Administration has not officially approved. The case involved the lucrative
patents granted to a drug's original developer and competition from rival
generic drug makers. Big drug companies that develop and sell drugs wanted the
court to make it easier to protect patents for drugs that may be used
"off-label."
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,658,390
System and method for reselling a
previously sold product
Main
Claim: A method for reselling a product, comprising: selling a
product to a first purchaser at a first price; determining that the product
can be resold at a second price that is higher than the first
price; responsive to the determining step, recalling the product from the
first purchaser; and reselling the recalled product to a second purchaser at
the second price, in which the product includes at least one of an airline
ticket and a hotel room reservation.
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6,657,112
Note bending by neck pivoting
Abstract: An
improved stringed musical instrument with a neck which can be pivoted by wrist
motion relative to the body. This action changes the length and therefore pitch
of the strings. In addition, the pivot motion may also adjust various electronic
controls to vary a variety of other effects commonly used in modern music. The
operation leaving the musicians feet, hands, and fingers free to play in all
other normal manners.
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Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
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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