IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

[...] Committee, including Senators Grassley, Cronyn and Hatch, are on record as saying that more patent reform is on the horizon. Thus, the question is not if the Senate will take up patent reform during [...]

[...] the patent system isn’t the answer for a prosperous America. As a result of misguided patent reform and bad judicial decisions a primary foundation of the great American economic engine is [...]

[...] much, if anything, if it gets mired in the substance of patent law during the inevitable patent reform cycle in the 114th Congress. Similarly, vilifying all innovators as if everyone who owns a [...]

It might now be said that, in the United States, reward for innovation is another “loss” to be eliminated or minimized. Watch out inventors. Inste [...]

[...] IBM coverage with a survey of the company’s recent patent grants from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. IBM is a patenting giant and in 2013 the company took the crown for the most U.S. patents [...]

[...] Michelle Lee, the current Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, was once again in front of a Senate Judiciary Committee panel yesterday, answering [...]

[...] diverse technologies protected by patents recently issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. One patent protects a navigational system for directing medical drones to a situation in [...]

[...] Earlier today the United States Patent and Trademark Office released the promised patent eligible subject matter examples, which together with the [...]

[...] A number of patent applications recently published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show an HP focus on ink products, [...]

[...] Johnson & Johnson patent applications have been focused on the development of electronic components for contact lenses. Recent [...]

[...] directed at a handheld hair dryer which has multiple grips for a more ergonomic design. Patent applications filed by P&G indicate the most recent research and development activities in which this [...]

[...] have been great to see. Over the last few months we have filed close to a hundred patent applications for these entities. We’re able to do that because we have been able to negotiate [...]

[...] Natural Gas. Optimizing the profitability of LNG portfolios is also at the center of U.S. Patent Application No. 20140344000, titled Systems and Methods for Valuation and Validation of Options and [...]

[...] ; that is where the patentable invention resides. This uniqueness will allow you to build a patent application that can lead not only to a patent, but a patent that meaningfully protects the core of [...]

[...] orthodontic device for improving tooth alignment with vibration forces. Another patent application would protect a biochip having a stronger diaphragm section to work as a filtration [...]

[...] carried by a rack. Cooking ranges were another area of R&D focus and we discuss one patent application that claims a suspended cooktop above an oven that may be raised or lowered. We also [...]

[...] for the 22nd consecutive year. It should come as no surprise that we believe in a strong patent system. Patents protect and promote the business of all innovators. In addition, patents enhance our [...]

Phil Hartstein is the President and CEO of Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN)... On January 6, 2015, I interviewed Hartstein, which appears below. W [...]

[...] see this happen. And at the end of the day politicians need to recognize it’s the users of the patent system that own it and we need to make sure that they get the system that they deserve. [...]

[...] While there has been much written in the past months on efforts to change the U.S. patent system, there has been little focus on the vital role that the current patent system plays in [...]

[...] Techniques for valuing intellectual property continue to develop, especially as access to information becomes easier and more efficient. [...]

[...] . And when we assess the idea we verify that the idea can lead to the creation of intellectual property. Because for me, if that’s not the outcome, then it’s not an idea worth pursuing. [...]

[...] In the intellectual property world the House Judiciary Committee will set the agenda for any potential legislative [...]

[...] on Thursday, February 5, 2015. Goodlatte will bypass the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, and the bill will proceed directly to the Committee level. [...]

[...] In 2014, Hitachi earned a total of 908 patent grants from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the 38th-largest total of U.S. patents issued to [...]

[...] During 2014, Fujitsu was granted 1,820 patent grants from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the 13th-highest total for any single entity [...]

[...] . Our research using the Innography patent analytics search tools shows a total of 303 U.S. patent grants during 2014; the text cluster diagram (shown right) gives us a quick glimpse into those [...]

[...] , semiconductor devices and electronic devices made up a great deal of this company’s 2014 patent grants. [...]

[...] of Tokyo, Japan, is a multinational conglomerate with business activities in electronic components, power systems, information technology and household appliances. One of the company’ [...]

[...] Technology Group, is the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer and produces electronic components for the iPad, iPhone, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and many other consumer technologies. [...]

[...] Johnson & Johnson patent applications have been focused on the development of electronic components for contact lenses. Recent patent applications published by the USPTO covered today [...]

[...] given that the Supreme Court decision in Alice will render many hundreds of thousands of software patents completely useless. Ironically, at the end of the day, software patent claims written in [...]

If you have any software patent that is essentially a software version of a human practice — something that was done in human practice — and you d [...]

Based on the Supreme Court decision and the Patent Office guidelines it is clear to me that the Alice Supreme Court decision is a major victory for pa [...]