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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Scaled Identification Patent of the Day
goes to Sun Microsystems, Inc. of Santa Clara for a Hierarchical watermarking of content that is distributed via a
network
The Physics of Golf Patent of the Day goes to
Walker Digital, LLC of Stamford for Systems and methods wherein at least
one set of possible input parameters to a physics simulation will produce a
successful game result
Index ================================================== NEWS Tyco Healthcare Files Patent
Infringement Lawsuit Against Ethicon Endo- Surgery, Inc. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041011/nem011_1.html The U.S. Surgical
Division of Tyco Healthcare Group LP announced today that it has filed a lawsuit
in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. relating to Ethicon's Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel
Curved Blade surgical instrument. The lawsuit contends that the current version
of Ethicon's Harmonic ScalpelŪ infringes multiple claims of four separate
patents assigned to U.S. Surgical. These are U.S. Patent Numbers: 6,063,050, -
6,280,407, - 6,468,286 and - 6,682,544. These patents generally relate to
ultrasonic dissection and coagulation systems. U.S. Surgical is asking the
federal court to enjoin Ethicon from continuing to make and sell its current
Harmonic ScalpelŪ, as well as for compensatory damages. Index Honeywell LCD
patent suit targets PC industry http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;1651766907;fp;16;fpid;0 Aerospace
manufacturer, Honeywell International, has filed suit against 34 PC and mobile
phone companies that it claims are infringing on its patents for liquid crystal
display (LCD) technology. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the
District of Delaware, claimed that the 34 companies were using proprietary
Honeywell technology that controls the brightness of LCD screens and reduces
interference, Honeywell said. This technology appeared in products such as
notebooks, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and digital cameras,
among other things, the company claimed. LCD manufacturers LG Philips LCD and
Samsung Electronics have already taken a license for Honeywell's technology, it
said. The defendants include a who's who list of PC and electronics companies,
such as Apple, Dell, Fujitsu, Nikon, Sony, and Toshiba. Hewlett-Packard was
noticeably absent from the list. Index Judge: AMD Can't Access
Intel Documents http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/9872617.htm A
federal judge has refused a request by chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to
order its larger rival Intel Corp. to turn over company documents to the
European Commission. The commission, a regulatory board that enforces European
Union antitrust laws, is investigating a complaint filed by AMD alleging that
Intel improperly used its industry dominance to keep other companies from
winning market share in Europe. As part of that ongoing probe, AMD sought a
federal court order in 2001 forcing Intel to hand over thousands of pages of
company documents to the foreign board, even though lawyers for the board itself
later told the Supreme Court it did not want the records and argued that U.S.
courts should not be involved in a European regulatory matter. The Supreme Court
ruled earlier this year, reaffirming an appellate court decision that AMD had a
right to pursue the records as potential evidence. But the high court said the
discretion to demand the records belonged to a lower court.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,804,779
Hierarchical watermarking of
content that is distributed via a network
Abstract: Content is
distributed via a network. Hierarchical watermarks are embedded in the content
to prevent unauthorized copying of the content. In particular, a first digital
watermark is embedded by a content source prior to distributing content to an
intermediary distributor. The first watermark identifies the content source and
the distributor. Clients that request copies of the content from the distributor
receive copies that have a second digital watermark embedded. The second digital
watermark identifies the distributor and the client. This approach alleviates
the burden placed on the content source to embed watermarks to each copy of the
content that is distributed to clients.
Index
6,802,772
Systems and methods wherein at
least one set of possible input parameters to a physics simulation will
produce a successful game result
Abstract: Systems
and methods are provided to conduct a game associated with a physics simulation,
the physics simulation being adapted to generate a game result based on a set of
input parameters. According to one embodiment, a game condition associated with
a game to be played by a player is established. For example, a three-dimensional
terrain associated with a golf putting green may be established. It is then
determined that at least one set of possible input parameters to the physics
simulation will produce a successful game result given the established game
condition. For example, it may be determined that a player can use his or her
mouse to provide a set of inputs parameters to the physics simulation such that
a simulated golf ball will reach a simulated golf hole based on the
three-dimensional golf putting green terrain.
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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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