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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, December 21,
2004
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Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Cyber-Dial Patent of the Day goes
to Dialpad Acquisition Corporation of Santa Clara for a Method for initiating internet telephone service from a web page
The Virtual Breeding Patent of the Day goes
to Kabushiki Kaisha Bandai and Kabushiki Kaisha Wiz of Tokyo for
a Breeding simulation apparatus for virtual creatures
Index ================================================== NEWS Court Finds in ViaCell's
Favor in PharmaStem Patent Case http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041216/nyth045_1.html ViaCell, Inc.
announced today that a Federal Court in Delaware reversed the jury's judgment
completely and ruled in favor of ViaCell and against PharmaStem on all of
PharmaStem's claims in the patent infringement case brought by PharmaStem in
Delaware and relating to ViaCell's ViaCord umbilical cord blood preservation
product. In particular, the Court's Order of this week reversed a prior jury
verdict with respect to the only patent remaining in the case, U.S. Patent No.
5,004,681, and ruled in favor of ViaCell on PharmaStem's claim of infringement.
In September 2004, the Court reversed the jury's verdict and ruled in favor of
ViaCell and against PharmaStem on PharmaStem's claim of infringement of the only
other patent in that case, U.S. Patent No. 5,192,553. Further, as a result of
the Court's action, PharmaStem's recent motion for a preliminary injunction
against ViaCell was dismissed. Index Microsoft, Autodesk sign
patent pact http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5492925.html As part of its
plan to access a broader portfolio of intellectual property, Microsoft has
signed a patent swap deal with design software maker Autodesk. Under the pact,
the two companies will get access to each other's patents in a variety of areas,
including data management, collaboration, digital effects, digital rights
management, project management, computer-aided design and location-based
services.
Index Permlight Settles Patent Lawsuit http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041220/lam070_1.html Permlight
Products and Tempo Lighting announced today that the two companies have reached
a settlement in the patent infringement lawsuit filed on April 30, 2004 claiming
infringement of Permlight's U.S. Patent Nos. 6,416,200 and 6,082,870. Tempo will
license Permlight's patented theater lighting technology for its Sentinel and
Sentry products. Terms of the license were not disclosed.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,834,048
Method for initiating internet
telephone service from a web page
Abstract: A direct
telephone dialing scheme for initiating internet telephone service from a web
page is provided. The scheme allows a caller, using an internet telephone
service, to place telephone call to a telephone number appearing on any web page
directly from that web page. In one embodiment, a caller navigates to a desired
web page on the internet and the caller dials a telephone number on that web
page directly to initiate a two-way audio communication with the destination
telephone number using an internet telephone service. The direct telephone
dialing scheme of the present invention improves the accessibility and ease of
use of internet telephone services. Furthermore, the direct telephone dialing
scheme can be used with video, data, and fax a communications which are
supported by the VoIP data communication standard.
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6,832,955
Breeding simulation apparatus for
virtual creatures
Abstract: It is a
purpose of this invention to provide a simulation for breeding a virtual
creature for growing the virtual creature while disciplining or training the
virtual creature by treatments in respect of breeding applied by a player to the
virtual creature in a screen. The apparatus is provided with display units
individually displaying a plurality of kinds of the treatments in respect of
breeding the virtual creature individually and is provided with key switches for
inputting a corresponding one of the treatments by selecting a specific mark
from the plurality of marks. It has a storing unit for storing control data in
respect of breeding the virtual creature and a control unit whereby when one of
the treatments for breeding the virtual creature is inputted by operating the
key switches, the control data in correspondence therewith is read from the
storing unit and a control processing in respect of breeding the virtual
creature is conducted based on the read control data, and a virtual creature
display unit for displaying the fostered virtual creature.
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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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