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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, July 27,
2004
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The RFID Tag Patent of the Day goes
to Accenture of Palo Alto for a Real world showroom
The Up in Smoke Patent of the Day goes to
an Independent Inventor from Korea for a Method of manufacturing
cigarettes containing gold or silver particles
Index ================================================== NEWS Maytag Sues Electrolux Over
Patent http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/business/9248225.htm Maytag
Corp. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against competitor Electrolux Home
Products Inc. over the design of plastic washing machine baskets. The two-count
civil lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Sioux City, alleges that
the Frigidaire division of Electrolux is manufacturing, using and/or selling
products which infringe on two patents assigned to Maytag in 1999. A patent
issued in March 1999 details the design of the basket and one issued in November
1999 explains a one-step cost-effective method for molding the basket. Patent
documents indicate the plastic basket was designed to replace traditional metal
baskets which cost more to manufacture. Maytag seeks a permanent injunction to
prevent Electrolux from using the designs as well as monetary damages plus
interest. Company spokeswoman Lynne Dragomeier said she couldn't place an amount
on the alleged damage.
Index AstraZeneca Suing Andrx for Heart Drug
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2004/07/22/ap1466891.html Pharmaceutical
company AstraZeneca PLC confirmed Thursday it is suing pharmaceutical company
Andrx again for patent infringement over its heart drug Toprol-XL. The company
said it decided to sue Andrx for its intention to make a 25 mg generic version
of Toprol-XL following its submission of a Paragraph IV certification letter to
AstraZeneca. The Food and Drug Administration requires a generic drug maker to
send a Paragraph IV letter to the patent-holder of a branded drug stating that
the patent will not be infringed so the agency can begin processing the generic
company's marketing application. AstraZeneca is suing Andrx in the U.S. District
Court for the District of Delaware, alleging Andrx's intention to make a 25 mg
generic version of the drug infringes its patents. Index Thermage(R)
Sues Syneron for Patent Infringement http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040726/sfm041_1.html Thermage, Inc.
announced today that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Syneron
Medical Ltd., an Israeli company, and its U.S. subsidiary Syneron, Inc. having a
principle office in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The lawsuit, filed in San
Francisco, California, seeks damages and injunctive relief for infringement of a
Thermage patent that is infringed by Syneron's systems for non-invasively
treating skin. The Thermage patent addressed in the lawsuit is U.S. Patent No.
6,749,624. This patent covers methods and devices for treating skin using either
light or radiofrequency energy or both. "It is clear to us that Syneron has
copied some of our patented concepts," said Thermage President and CEO Bob
Byrnes. "Our investors have spent over $47 million to develop these concepts
into medical devices that offer real clinical benefits to our customers. We had
hoped that Syneron would accept our recent offer of a limited license because we
really didn't want to have to litigate this matter. But when they refused, we
had no choice but to defend the inventions we worked so hard to develop."
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,766,947
Real world showroom
Abstract: A method
of retrieving product information and ordering products is disclosed. A consumer
observes a product in its real world usage context and scans an RFID tag
embedded in the product. A mobile terminal is used to transmit the RFID tag to a
computer connected to a computer network. The computer transmits product
specification information to the mobile terminal. The consumer may also be given
the option of purchasing the product in real time.
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6,765,136
Method of manufacturing cigarettes
containing gold or silver particles
Abstract: The
present invention relates to cigarettes containing gold or silver particles and
manufacturing methods of cigarette filters. The tobacco leaves, added with ion
particles of gold, are prepared through blending them with peach leaves or
bellflower leaves, which contains tartaric acid and malic acid as major
components; the cigarette pouches comprise 20% of peach leaves or bellflower
leaves and the gold or silver particles prepared in 0.005.about.0.015 micron m
of their size; and the filters are prepared by soaking them in a liquid mixture
of pulverized peach leaves, bellflower leaves, and charcoals in more than 800
meshes. Therefore, in smoking, the cigarettes and their filters in this
invention produce beneficial effects such as detoxification, blood-refining, and
cell-cleaning with their major components such as gold particles, tartaric acid,
and malic acid being absorbed into one's lung.
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
Reissue Applications 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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