Prominent IP Updates on Jan 28, 2015

Tonawanda co. granted patent for melanin research

River Road Research has been awarded a patent for a method to produce melanin and inorganic fertilizer. Melanin, the primary determinant of skin color, is a pigment ubiquitous in nature, and difficult to isolate and refine in large quantities. It has been known to possess physical and electrical properties, but few commercial applications have been developed because doing so is costly, often priced at $350 per gram, the company said in a news release

Phibro Animal Health Corporation Announces Licensing Agreement With Merial

Phibro Animal Health Corporation today announced it has entered into a long-term global license arrangement with Merial SAS (Lyon, France) to share in the use of Phibro’s vaccine delivery technology for use in animal vaccines.

European Patent Office allows reduced fees for certain Applicants

A revised system for language-related fee reductions pursuant to Rule 6 EPC was introduced by the EPO in 2014. The revised system is designed to support small applicants by limiting the size of companies eligible for fee reductions. Under the revised system, the reduction is increased from 20% to 30% and applies only to the filing and examination fee, for applicants under provisioned categories.

MMRGlobal Announces New Patent Agreement & Increased Distribution Channel

MMRGlobal, Inc. today announced that the Company will report retailer-driven revenue in the fourth quarter 2014 from Patent Agreements, in addition to the previously disclosed licensing agreements with the nation’s largest pharmacy retailer, which substantially increases MMR’s previously disclosed retail distribution channel.

Andalay Solar Awarded New Patent on its Built-In Electrical Connectors Technology

The USPTO today issued Andalay Solar, Inc. its seventh US patent, which further strengthens the company’s unique InstantConnect® wiring technology. US Patent No. 8,938,919 covers the built-in electrical connectors that mate into the Andalay frame technology.

8×8 Issued New Network Service Provider Patent by US Patent and Trademark Office

8×8, Inc., a provider of cloud based unified communications, contact center and collaboration services, today announced that it has been awarded a new patent related to its network services. On January 27, 2015, the USPTO issued Patent number 8,943,180 titled “Server-based Service Configuration System and Approach.”

Recondo Technology Awarded U.S. Patent for Its Recondo Bot Technology To Streamline The Healthcare Revenue Cycle

Recondo Technology, a provider of cloud-based revenue cycle connectivity and applications, today announced the USPTO has awarded the company Patent No. 8,943,565 for its Recondo Bot technology (“ReconBot®”). This patented technology is at the core of Recondo’s patient resolution cloud platform that enables Recondo clients to receive enriched actionable data from over 850 healthcare payers, resulting in higher rates of “touchless” claims, reduced manual follow-up time and accelerated cash flow.

Adamis Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance for US and Japanese Patents for Its Dry Powder Inhaler

Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation recently received a notice of allowance that one of its patent applications for its proprietary dry powder inhaler, Taper DPI, will issue in the United States (U.S. Patent Application No. 13/320,762) and in Japan (Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-511965). The approved claims describe the device and components that are important for its function.

Raiing Medical, Boston Children’s Hospital sign license agreement

Raiing Medical Inc. and Boston Children’s Hospital entered a license agreement for Boston Children’s Thermia™ education platform, designed to assist parents in learning more about fever, illness and fever management. The online educational framework will be integrated with Raiing’s iThermonitor device, a wearable thermometer with US FDA 510(k) clearance.

Apple Granted 34 Patents Today Covering Slide to Unlock Authentication, Movement Based User Interfaces & More

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 35 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. Including Apple’s original “Slide to Unlock” patent that Samsung was in-part found guilty of infringing last year. The other patents relate to motion based interfaces

Fortress-backed company expands patent offensive against Asian and US corporate

Andrea Electronics has filed a complaint at the US International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that a slew of major companies have infringed five of its US patents relating to microphone noise cancellation technology.

Myriad Genetics Ending Patent Dispute on Breast Cancer Risk Testing

Myriad Genetics has essentially given up trying to stop other companies from offering tests for increased risk of breast cancer. The company has settled or is in the process of settling patent-infringement lawsuits it filed against other companies that now offer such testing, a Myriad spokesman said on Tuesday.

BASF and Sherwood Chemicals settle fipronil patent infringement case in Australia

BASF announced today that Sherwood Chemicals Australasia has reached a settlement with BASF relating to the infringement of BASF fipronil patent. Fipronil is the active ingredient in several BASF insecticides, including Adonis, Regent, Termidor and Cosmo.

Pfizer Q4 Profit Slips on Loss of Drug Patent Exclusivity

Pfizer reported on Tuesday that revenues and profits fell again in the fourth quarter of 2014 as the drug maker continued to suffer from the loss of exclusive rights to various treatments.

Cognitive Networks Receives Third U.S. Patent for Real-Time Ad Identification Technology

Cognitive Networks, the provider of real-time services that power Enhanced TV on Smart TVs, today announced that the USPTO has issued the company patent number 8,930,980 for its system and methodology for the automated real-time identification of content such as TV advertisements.

PTO releases abstract idea hypotheticals with examples of patent eligible claims

Earlier today the United States Patent and Trademark Office released the promised patent eligible subject matter examples, which together with the recently released guidance will give applicants, patent prosecutors and patent examiners more information about how the USPTO interprets the state of the law in this all important area.

National Data Privacy Day Marked by a New Patent That Eliminates Passwords and Protects Personal Data

Today on National Data Privacy Day, TextPower announces that the company has been granted an important patent for a “text messaging authentication system” that is the basis for the company’s TextKey™ platform.