Patent News for Thursday 8th February 2024

1. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) ... Some challenged claims of Wirtgen America Inc.'s patent that relates to a self-propelled road milling machine ...

2. Patents To Prof For Herbal Extracts Used In Medicine | Visakhapatnam News

Visakhapatnam: The Indian Patent Office granted two patents to Prof K Eswar Kumar of AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and his research ...

3. Patent Pro Bono Program: Pathways to Inclusive Innovation - USPTO

Leaders in the intellectual property (IP) and small-business community will share their stories and tips on how to protect your IP via patents and ...

4. Johnson & Johnson Celebrates Innovation in Novel Drug Delivery Systems with 2023 Dr ...

... patents worldwide. His patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 400 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies.[1].

5. [Patents Act] Product-By-Process Claim Has To Be Examined On Anvil Of New And ... - Livelaw

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the product-by-process claim under the Patents Act would necessarily have to be examined on the anvil of a ...

6. Digital Science Company Reveals the State of Patent Applications From Big Tech

The study “shows that GenAI patents make up around 22% of all patents in AI, which is itself growing, with over half a million patents in this area in ...

7. FTC Comments on NIST's Draft March-In Guidance - Lexology

The Bayh-Dole Act (35 U.S.C. § 203) governs inventions made with federal assistance, providing the U.S. government rights to “march in” on patents ...

8. Successful Novartis appeal provides critical clarification on India's pre-grant opposition process

The Patents Act and Rules envision a separation between the examination and opposition processes. The examination of a patent application lies ...

9. Opposition against patent on conventionally-bred lettuce rejected - Bio Eco Actual

... Patents on Seeds!. The 'invention' in the patent: the seeds are supposedly capable of germinating at higher temperatures. lettuce. “By granting ...

10. Patents: Intel loses legal dispute, extensive sales ban on processors in Germany

Henceforth, Intel is no longer permitted to sell certain processors in Germany because they are said to infringe R2 Semiconductor's patents. A slight ...

11. Senators to question Merck, J&J and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs over high U.S. drug pricing

That includes filing more patents on the same medicine to extend its exclusivity, barring cheaper copycats from entering the market. Merck holds 64 ...

12. Patent Filings Roundup: Spike in PTAB Filings and Decisions - IP Watchdog

... patents asserted by [the at least partially funded] Wag Acquisition LLC patents. The district court continued to see continued filings from both ...

13. Drones: the leading companies in drone anti-collision systems revealed

According to GlobalData's Technology Foresights, which uses over 206,000 patents to analyze innovation intensity for the aerospace and defense ...

14. Parliament backs deregulation of new GMOs amid warning from German watchdog, ongoing ...

EU Policy. Parliament backs deregulation of new GMOs amid warning from German watchdog, ongoing patents row.

15. Advanced materials: the leading companies in CFR thermoplastics revealed

In the last three years alone, there have been over 237,000 patents filed and granted in the aerospace and defense industry, according to GlobalData's ...

16. Apple patents new MacBook controversial feature - Al Bawaba

Apple patents new MacBook controversial feature ... A new patent shows Apple might be planning to bring an advanced Apple Pencil to the MacBook with a ...

17. BMW patents active aerodynamic wings on the S 1000 RR - Motorcycle Sports

BMW patents active aerodynamic wings on the S 1000 RR ... We recently saw that BMW had filed a patent for an unusual aerodynamic system designed to ...

18. Backlash Builds Over Biden Plan for Seizing Drug Patents - Bloomberg Law News

... patents on a drug when its cost gets too high, claiming the approach misinterprets decades-old law and threatens the delicate pipeline that ...

19. Search for patents - European Commission - Research and innovation

Search patents and technologies categorised by name, JRC reference number, IPR status, science area, keyword and JRC institute. Share this page ...

20. Foldable iPhone flop - Fudzilla.com

... patents related to foldable devices in the past. Some patents show different folding methods, such as a book-style fold, a clamshell fold, or a ...

21. 2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends - JD Supra

... patents. And on the international front, intellectual property offices around the world continue to update their law, practices and procedures on ...

22. Year in review: life sciences law in Slovenia - Lexology

On 1 June 2023, the patent package, encompassing patents with unitary effect and the associated Unified Patent Court (UPC) came into effect. During a ...

23. FibroBiologics secures three new US patents - Investing.com UK

The patents are centered around innovative medical treatments using fibroblasts, a type of cell integral to the healing process. Patent 11,717,596 ...

24. Incorporate open source hardware into Patent and Trademark Office search locations for prior art

Increasingly, scientific innovations reside outside the realm of papers and patents. This is particularly true for open source hardware — hardware ...

25. FibroBiologics (FBLG) Announces Three US Patents for Fibroblast Technology

Issued Patents: Patent 11,717,596 (Inventor: Lionel Sevrain) METHODS ... "As we develop our science, these new patents add to our extensive portfolio of ...

26. FibroBiologics Announces Three United States Patents for Fibroblast Technology

Issued Patents: Patent 11,717,596 (Inventor: Lionel Sevrain) METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REPAIR OF CARTILAGE USING AN IN VIVO BIOREACTOR; Patent ...

27. Intel suffers Germany loss over semiconductor tech - World IP Review

... patents. “It is unsurprising but disappointing that Intel continues to ... patents. We intend to enforce this injunction and protect our valuable ...

28. IBM chases most genAI patents, ChatGPT owner holds back - World IP Review

New figures show which companies are securing most patents in this fast-growing technology field | IBM filed 500+ more patents than Google in past ...

29. ifixit has released Part 2 of their Apple Vision Pro Teardown

Categories · 1A. Patent Applications (2409) · 1B. Continuation Patents (139) · 2. Granted Patents (1921) · 3. Patently Legal (820) · 4. Trademark, ...

30. Parliament backs deregulation of new GMOs amid warning from German ... - Yahoo News Canada

Parliament backs deregulation of new GMOs amid warning from German watchdog, ongoing patents row. Robert Hodgson. Thu, February 8, 2024 at 3:24 a.m. ...

31. Senators to question Merck, J&J and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs over high U.S. drug pricing

Annual drug costs, launch prices and patents. In a report released Tuesday, the Senate committee said the current annual cost of Keytruda is $191,000 ...

32. India: Filing Patents Of Addition Abroad Also Requires Foreign Filing Licenses - Mondaq

What are FFLs? In India, Section 39 of the Patents Act, 1970 ("the Act") requires that a patent applicant seek written permission from the Indian ...

33. Evergreening Medicine Patents Is 'Abuse' Of Intellectual Property System

Evergreening patents on medical products – extending the lifespan of patents that are about to expire – is an “abuse of the intellectual property ...

34. AI Trends For 2024 - The “Abstract Ideas” Behind Artificial Intelligence Inventions - Lexology

See USPTO, Artificial Intelligence (AI) trends in U.S. patents (June 29, 2022) at 7. But because AI technologies rely on machine learning ...

35. LoopMe Generates Double Digit Revenue Growth and Expands Leadership Team ... - Business Wire

“LoopMe also secured two new patents in 2023 and has a pipeline of new innovation and patents coming in 2024 and beyond.” Post this. “We are seeing ...

36. Rigel Fails to Redefine 'Water' in Mixed Ruling on Drug Patents - Bloomberg Law News

Rigel alleged in the July 2022 lawsuit that a generic version of Tavalisse proposed by Hetero Labs Ltd.'s Annora Pharma unit infringes five patents ...

37. Drugmakers' 'patent thickets' are target of new FTC effort to bring down drug prices

... The Federal Trade Commission has challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents, including Mylan's EpiPen. (Inset) ...

38. Eisai R&D Mgmt. Co., Ltd. v. Dr Reddy's Labs., Inc. - Halaven® (Eribulin Mesylate)

Nov. 7, 2023) (Chesler, J.) Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Halaven® (eribulin mesylate); U.S. Patents Nos. 6,214,865 (“the ...

39. Samsung Bioepis sues Janssen Biotech to invalidate Stelara patents - Lawyerly

South Korean biosimilars company Samsung Bioepis has sued Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Biotech to invalidate two patents for Crohn's disease drug ...

40. Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB on Printed Publication Status of Operating Manuals

Provisur sued Weber for infringing two of its patents relating to high-speed mechanical slicers used to slice and package meats and cheeses. U.S. ...

41. Ernst looks to Biden administration for clarification on patent seizing to protect small businesses

... patents developed using federal funds. The Biden administration is looking to expand its authority under the Bayh-Dole Act, which authorizes the ...

42. Henkel snaps up Vidal Sassoon brand in Greater China - Global Cosmetics News

Inolex granted patents for Cationic AminoLipid Technology · Ameyezing 4.0™The amazing bioconcealer for naturally brighter eyes · GEKA REPEATS SUCCESS ...

43. LoopMe Generates Double Digit Revenue Growth and Expands Leadership Team with ...

"LoopMe also secured two new patents in 2023 and has a pipeline of new innovation and patents coming in 2024 and beyond." As part of its expansion ...

44. Biogen patents new TYK2 inhibitors - BioWorld

Biogen patents new TYK2 inhibitors ... A Biogen Inc. patent describes new non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2 inhibitors reported to be useful for ...

45. HONDA HIMALAYAN RIVAL - Australian Motorcycle News

The patents also show a second version of the bike with the same frame, engine and tank but a rugged front fairing and screen, surrounded by an ...

46. Ernst Leads Fight to Stop Feds from “Marching-In” on Small Business Patents - Joni Ernst

... Patents. WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is attempting to expand federal agencies' ability to seize patents that were funded in part by ...