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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, August 17,
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Place Your Bets Patent of the Day goes
to Tendler Cellular, Inc. of Boston for a Method and
apparatus for assuring that a telephone wager is placed within the wagering
jurisdiction
The Trick or Treat Patent of the Day goes to
an Independent Inventor from California for a Haunting aid
Index ================================================== NEWS Donaldson Co. ordered to pay
$15.8 million for patent infringement http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2170242 Donaldson Company
has been ordered to pay an Iowa manufacturer more than 15 (m) million dollars
for patent infringement. The judgment in favor of Engineered Products Company of
Waterloo was entered in U-S District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. A
jury determined in May that Minneapolis-based Donaldson, which makes filtration
products, had infringed Engineered Products' patent, and set actual damages at
five-point-three (m) million dollars. Index Embrex Files Patent Suit
http://www.localtechwire.com/article.cfm?u=8999 Embrex filed a
patent suite on Wednesday against a New Jersey firm, saying the company
“infringed” on its in-ovo (in egg) injection system. The suit, filed in federal
court, seeking “injunctive relief and monetary damages” from AviTech of Hebron,
MD. Embrex said it also wanted a jury trial. "Invention is a critical component
of our business strategy, and we are proud of the success we've had in patenting
what we have discovered, designed and commercialized," said Randall Marcuson,
president and chief executive officer of Embrex. Index CyberSource Sues Retail
Decisions for Patent Infringement http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040813/sff015_1.html CyberSource
Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBS - News) announced today that it has filed a patent
infringement lawsuit against Retail Decisions, Inc. and Retail Decisions plc.
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
The complaint alleges that Retail Decisions' eBitGuard product uses technology
covered by U.S. Patent No. 6,029,154, "Method and System for Detecting
Fraud in a Credit Card Transaction Over the Internet." The application for the
patent was filed in July 1997 and the patent was issued to CyberSource in
February 2000. CyberSource is asking the court to enjoin Retail Decisions from
infringing CyberSource's patent as well as for an award of damages adequate to
compensate CyberSource for the harm resulting from Retail Decisions'
infringement and treble damages based upon Retail Decisions' willful
infringement.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,778,820
Method and apparatus for assuring
that a telephone wager is placed within the wagering jurisdiction
Abstract: A wireless
phone is provided with a GPS receiver and a system which is utilized to report
the local position of the wireless phone either prior or during to the time of a
telephone placed wager, in which the geographic coordinates of the phone are
transmitted to the sports bet for verification that the wager is being placed
within the geographic limits of the wagering authority. In one embodiment
spoofing of the system is prevented by having the wireless phone report the time
since last fix such that an individual within the wagering authority's
jurisdiction cannot remove himself from the jurisdiction with the location
having been remembered, with the wager taking entity processing as valid only
those geographic coordinates having a time since last fix of, for instance, ten
minutes. Anything over this pre-determined limit is determined to be an invalid
wager. So accurate is GPS that additional anti-spoofing is provided at the wager
taking entity in which authorization is withheld if the location reported is
identical to a previously reported location. Further anti-spoofing is provided
by the phone transmitting its mobile identification number, with authorization
for the wager occurring only for a pre-authorized mobile identification number.
Index
6,776,687
Haunting aid
Abstract: A face
with glowing eyes returns stare or blinks at onlookers. At least the head of a
being or creature is provided on a backing with a pair of LEDs positioned in
empty sockets or under evil brows. The base of each LED rests against or is
placed adjacent to the front of the backing, while electrical leads on the other
side secure the LEDs in place. The approach to prop construction described may
also be employed for less sinister purposes.
Index ================================================== ACCESS OFFICIAL GAZETTE AND
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Excerpt
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Elimination of Credit Card as Payment
Ex Parte Appeals
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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