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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, June 15,
2004
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Buddy List Patent of the Day goes
to America Online, Inc. of Virginia for a User definable
on-line co-user lists
The Glow Food Patent of the Day goes
to Independent Inventors from Minnesota for Phosphorescent live bait
Index ================================================== NEWS Nokia licenses patents from
RIM rival http://news.com.com/Nokia+licenses+patents+from+RIM+rival/2100-1041_3-5233305.html Cell
phone giant Nokia has agreed to license patents from holding company NTP,
despite Research In Motion's recent challenge to their validity in an appellate
court. NTP late Monday announced the licensing agreement for the patents, which
are being considered in an infringement case with Nokia partner RIM. Details
were not disclosed, and attorneys representing the holding company declined to
comment on the deal. RIM is questioning the validity of NTP's patents, after a
judge and jury found that the Waterloo, Ontario-based company had infringed on
the patents. A judge ordered an injunction banning U.S. sales of RIM's devices
and service but stayed the order, pending an appeal. Index Court upholds
$6.1 million award against N.C. company http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/business/8889250.htm A
federal appeals court has upheld a $6.1 million award against a North Carolina
company for patent infringement and breach of contract involving a test that
helps predict strokes, heart attacks and dementia. A federal jury in Denver had
ordered a $4.6 million judgment against Laboratory Corp. of America in November
2001. A year later, U.S. District Judge Zita Weinshienk increased the award to
$6.1 million because jurors had found the Burlington, N.C.-based company
willfully infringed on the patent for the test. The money, plus $500,000 in
interest, will go to three professors or their estates; their universities: the
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Columbia University; and two
companies: Competitive Technologies Inc., which manages and holds the patent,
and Metabolite Laboratories, which has a license to make and promote the test.
Index Broadcom to pay Microtune $22.5 million http://news.com.com/Broadcom+to+pay+Microtune+$22.5+million/2100-1041_3-5233203.html Chipmaker
Broadcom will pay $22.5 million to settle a patent dispute with rival Microtune,
according to a regulatory document filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. In addition, both companies will license each other's patents and
drop all pending litigation. Earlier Monday, the two companies announced a
settlement of the dispute, but did not outline any financial terms. The one-time
payment by Broadcom was noted as part of a filing Microtune made with the SEC. A
Broadcom representative had declined to comment on any financial provisions of
the deal. Under the patent cross-license deal, each company will be able to use
the other's existing patents for the life of the patent, while new patents filed
within the next four years will be licensed for 10 years. Microtune said in its
filing that the patent licenses are royalty-free with the exception of its
license to Broadcom for its dual conversion tuner products, for which it will
get an unspecified royalty. The two companies had a long-running legal dispute
that had seen a number of patent claims brought in various venues.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,750,881
User definable on-line co-user
lists
Abstract: A
real time notification system that tracks, for each user, the logon status of
selected co-users of an on-line or network system and displays that information
in real time to the tracking user in a unique graphical interface. The invention
provides user definable on-line co-user lists, or "buddy lists", that track
specific co-users in real-time automatically. A user can create many separate
buddy lists of co-users, either with intersecting or disjoint lists of users,
and label these buddy lists according to the user's preference. The user can
update a buddy list or create new buddy lists whenever necessary. When a user
logs on to a system, the user's set of buddy lists is presented to the buddy
list system. The buddy list system attempts to match co-users currently logged
into the system with the entries on the user's buddy list. Any matches are
displayed to the user. As co-users logon and logoff, a user's buddy list is
updated to reflect these changes. An indication can also be added to show that a
co-user just logged on or just left the system.
Index
6,748,693
Phosphorescent live bait
Abstract: Live bait
colorized with opaque and/or phosphorescent materials to luminesce and exhibit
enhanced coloration when suspended within a body of water. In one process, the
back of the bait is coated with a suspension mixture (e.g. 30% glow powder and
70% carrier) of a phosphorescent pigment and cured at an elevated temperature.
In another process, the back of the bait is coated with a phosphorescent powder
that is fixed with a spray applied clear coat and/or adhesive. The coating is
subjected for a brief period to a curing temperature in excess of room
temperature to set the paint and/or clear coat and/or adhesive. Multiple
coatings or combinations of suspension mixtures and powdered coatings provide
desired colorized live bait without deleteriously affecting the bodily functions
of the bait.
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from OG Notices
Maintenance Fee Statements No Longer being Mailed
Disclaimers
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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