The USPTO announced the 2004 top 10 private sector patent recipients. Listed below are the 10 corporations receiving the most patents for inventions in 2004, along with their 2003 ranking. Note that tech companies continue to outpace any of the bio-pharma companies in patent filings given the number of big companies that have shrinking pipelines. […]
According to CXOToday, IBM today opened 500 key innovations to the Open Source community, believed to be the largest pledge ever of patents of any kind in the world. The pledge applies to any individual, community, or company working on or using software that meets the Open Source Initiative (OSI) definition of Open Source software. […]
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACT) announced today the intent to appeal the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interference, interference number 104,746, between itself and Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) to the U.S. District Court. Advanced Cell Technology disputes Geron Corporation’s claim that ACT’s patent at issue in the interference has been invalidated. An issued […]
The USPTO’s Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) sytem now lists expirations due to failure to pay maintenance fees. Expired patents now have a status of "Patent Expired Due to Non-Payment of Maintenance Fees Under 37 CFR 1.362". Patents can, of course, expire in other ways. If a patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer relative […]
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a lower ruling in which a patent held by Integra LifeSciences Holdings prevented Germany’s Merck KGaA from conducting conduct "head-start" exploratory research for future applications into a potential new anticancer drug, even if the drug could not feasibly be marketed until after the patent expired in 2006. Under […]
According to a January 9, 2004 article in the New York Times Magazine by Ted C. Fishman, what makes China so troubling for American and other foreign companies is that the country is both a potential rival, with an alternative legal approach to intellectual property that limits their prospects in China and weakens their competitive […]
The Ohio Valley Affiliates for Life Sciences Group (OVALS) will host it’s regional conference "The Promise of Innovation: OVALS Making It Happen" on March 7-8, 2005, at the Dayton Marriott Hotel in Dayton, Ohio. TOPICS INCLUDE: Policy to financing: emerging trends in life sciences Creating building blocks for university/industry agreements Moving from lab to market: […]
Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, announced three new Deputy Commissioners for Patents, effective January 21, 2005. Joseph Rolla, currently a director in Technology Center 2600 (telecommunications), has been named Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy. In his new position, Mr. Rolla […]
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