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2004
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The WAY BROAD PATENT CLAIM Patent of the
Day goes to Context Connect, Inc. of Massachusetts for a System and method for context association
The Pet
DNA Bank Patent of the Day goes to Hemopet of Santa Monica for an
Animal genetic and health profile database management
Index ================================================== NEWS Google faces legal challenge
on ad practices http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=502515§ion=finance Google,
the world's leading Web search engine, has disclosed that it faces legal
challenges over its practice of selling advertising key words, which contributed
virtually all of its revenue in 2003, as the company readies an initial public
offering of its shares. In a financial disclosure filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission on Thursday as a prelude to its widely anticipated IPO,
Google said that it had been sued in 2002 by Overture Services, which pioneered
paid-search advertising and is now owned by Yahoo, which claims patent
infringement related to advertisement placement processes. Google said it
believed the lawsuit was without merit but cautioned that a loss in court could
significantly limit its ability to use a program called "AdWords".
Index Leading Electronics Companies Sue SAGEM S.A. for MPEG-2 Patent
Infringement http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040503005865&newsLang=en MPEG
LA today announced that several leading electronics companies have filed suit in
Dusseldorf, Germany, against Sagem Societe d'Applications Generales
d'Electricite et de Mecanique S.A. ("SAGEM") for infringing eleven patents that
are essential to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard, which is used
worldwide in digital television broadcasting and DVD. Included among the
plaintiffs are Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Sony Corporation, Thomson
Licensing S.A., and Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC). According to the
complaint, SAGEM manufactures and markets set-top boxes that use
patent-protected MPEG-2 methods and devices without having entered into licenses
with the individual patent holders or a portfolio license that includes these
patents offered by MPEG LA. In its advertising and promotion, SAGEM touts the
benefit of its products for their compatibility with the MPEG-2 standard.
Index ScanSoft files second infringement suit on voice-dialing patent
http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?Art_ID=65557 Peabody’s
ScanSoft Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Israeli company
ART Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. in the United States District Court
for the District of Massachusetts. In its complaint, ScanSoft alleges that ART
Advanced Recognition Technologies infringes a ScanSoft patent that covers
voice-activated dialing for mobile telephones. In the claim, ScanSoft seeks
unspecified monetary damages for infringement and injunctive relief to prevent
ART from continuing to infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,501,966 “Speech Recognition
System for Electronic Switches in a Non-Wireline Communications Network.”
ScanSoft filed a similar lawsuit against Voice Signal Technologies in February
2004.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,731,927
System and method for context
association
Summary: The
description of the invention for use in cellular directory assistance is for
convenience and illustration of the features of the invention. It is to be
understood that the invention has many embodiments and can be applied whenever
access to an entity or services are needed. In one embodiment, the invention
solves the problem of cellular directory assistance and the need for subscriber
directed telecommunication by providing wireline and wireless listing inquiries
by means of a context association cellular directory assistance system for a
nominal fee.
First Claim: A method for providing
information or access to a subscriber comprising the steps: associating a
subscriber or data with at least one predetermined context; locating the at
least one context; and providing information or access to the subscriber or
data when the at least one context is located, wherein a service provider of the
subscriber or data provides the information or access to the subscriber or
data.
Index
6,730,023
Animal genetic and health profile
database management
Abstract: A system,
method, and apparatus is provided for computerized management of the databases
relating to phenotypic health assessment and genomic mapping and genetic
screening of animals. Multiple remote users can access a computer network
connected with a central database processing resource for managing the data.
There is appropriate security and payment of appropriate fees for accessing and
retrieving data. Users may input data relating to animal health, lifespan, and
genetic background, and obtain reports relating to phenotypic health assessment
of a particular animal subject or animal group, and genotypic characteristics of
a particular subject or animal group to which this subject belongs. The central
computer database processing resource stores phenotypic data and genotypic data
relating to animals and analyzes their relationship according to predetermined
criteria. The input of data and reporting of data is preferably electronic, or
through fax or voice communication. The analysis of the health assessment
database and genetic database can be automatic and/or in part manually
interpreted by experts related to the central database processing resources.
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Director Ordered Reexaminations
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
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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