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ago..) The Patent on Patents Patent of the Day
goes to Knowledge Management Objects, LLC of Virginia for an Apparatus for and method of searching and organizing intellectual
property information utilizing a classification system
The
Scratch Cat Patent of the Day goes to Inventors from Texas for a
Method and device for preventing cat from clawing home furnishings
Index ================================================== NEWS TiVo Wins: Patent Dispute,
Nielsen Measurement, and Most-Watched Moment http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=1788 TiVo
announced that it won a patent infringement suit brought against it in 2001 by
Pause Technology LLC. U.S. District Judge Patti Saris of the District of
Massachusetts ruled that TiVo did not infringe Pause's patent. TiVo said it
would file a motion seeking Pause to pay all its attorney fees and costs.
Index Appeals court rules for Intel in dispute over chip
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/7940021.htm A federal
appeals court dealt Huntsville-based Intergraph Corp. a setback in its
long-running patent dispute with Intel Corp. over a postage stamp-sized computer
chip. The dispute centers on whether Intel's Itanium processors infringed on two
Intergraph parallel instruction computing patents. Santa Clara, Calif.-based
Intel paid Intergraph $150 million as a result of a federal trial in Marshall,
Texas, in October 2002. Intergraph said that under the settlement, the money is
not refundable. Intel said it's reviewing the settlement in light of the appeals
court ruling Wednesday, which sent the case back to Texas for further review by
the court.
Index Court upholds ruling invalidating University of
Rochester pain-drug patent http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business/article/0,2071,NPDN_14901_2659451,00.html A
federal appeals court has upheld a lower court decision invalidating a patent
held by the University of Rochester on research used to develop inflammation
treatments. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington made
the ruling Friday. In 2000, the university received a 17-year patent on research
done by Dr. Donald Young in the 1990 discovery of a new cyclo-oxygenase enzyme,
cox-2. The school sued the pharmaceutical companies that developed so-called
cox-2 inhibitor drugs, claiming patent infringement. The enzyme's discovery led
to the creation of drugs that relieve pain without risking the stomach and
gastrointestinal ailments associated with regular use of aspirin, ibuprofen and
other anti-inflammatory drugs. Five years ago, Celebrex was the first such drug
to hit the market.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,694,331
Apparatus for and method of
searching and organizing intellectual property information utilizing a
classification system
Abstract: An
apparatus for and a method of searching and organizing intellectual property
(IP) is provided. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, an
apparatus (and corresponding method) is provided for formulating and
facilitating searches for intellectual property, and organizing results of such
searches. In an exemplary embodiment, a search and organization server is
provided with one or more modules to create and process search queries to be run
on local or remote database systems. A class search module, for example, may be
provided to provide on-line access to classification information and facilitate
searching of intellectual property using select classifications. An IP thesaurus
module may be provided for developing a list of elements (e.g., words, textual
phrases, concepts, representations, numbers, identifications, pictures,
graphics, features, etc.) found in select intellectual property information
(e.g., groupings of patents). In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the
list of elements may be used as an aid in learning a new technology, as a search
tool to refine search queries or criteria, as a drafting tool to assist in the
preparation of technical or legal documents (e.g., proposals, licenses, patent
applications, etc.), or any other practical use. A field-of-search module may be
provided to creation of a field-of-search based on search information identified
from select intellectual property information. Additional modules (e.g., search
engine, workspace module, alert generator, report generator, etc.) may be
provided in the search server to formulate, store, organize and output results
achieved through operation of the search server.
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6,692,594
Method and device for preventing
cat from clawing home furnishings
Background: An array
of strips is affixed to a transfer sheet, with the strips uniformly spaced
apart. Each strip has a transparent plastic film with an adhesive coating on
both sides of the strip. A release layer is affixed each film. A strip is peeled
from the transfer sheet so that the adhesive coating is exposed. The user then
presses a strip against an item of furniture in a typical area where a cat may
tend to "sharpen" its claws. Finally, the release layer is peeled from the
strip, thereby exposing the other adhesive coating. When a cat attempts to
scratch the furniture, its paw contacts and receives an unpleasant sticking
sensation from the exposed adhesive coating, deterring the cat from future
contact with that item of furniture. Another embodiment has a rigid substrate
with an adhesive side and a release layer. After the release layer is peeled
from the strip, the adhesive is exposed and the strip is placed on the soil of a
potted houseplant. The adhesive on the substrate deters a cat from future
contact with the soil of the houseplant.
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Excerpt
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Lack of Response to Survey by Practitioners
Registration to Practice
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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