Patent Search and Filing

Facebook Wins Patent For Social Search Results, Could Use It To Threaten Google
The patent, first filed back in 2004, determines search result ranking by looking at “the frequency of clicks on the search results by members of social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation from the member who submitted the query.”

Expired bow tie patent has Brooks Brothers in knots
A patent lawyer with a penchant for bow ties has won a round in a fight with Brooks Brothers over expired patent markings that has implications for dozens of similar suits across the country.

Expired bow tie patent has Brooks Brothers in knots
A patent lawyer with a penchant for bow ties has won a round in a fight with Brooks Brothers over expired patent markings that has implications for dozens of similar suits across the country.

Allen’s patent lawsuit is all about his legacy
Something’s up with Paul Allen. His bombshell Friday a lawsuit against Apple, Google, Facebook and others for patent infringement…

Patent will help NZ, says Ravensdown
Ravensdown claims its fight to patent a technology that could drastically reduce the impact farming has on the environment has nothing to do with growing its bottom line and everything to do with keeping it Kiwi.Ravensdown and…

Patent reveals Apple touch screen iMac, tablet MacBook
An Apple patent focused blog claims the company has plans for a touch screen iMac desktop computer, along with a tablet style MacBook. The Apple patent 006210 A1 “Transitioning between Modes of Input” was filed earlier this year.

Creation of Common EU Patent System Faces Legal Setback
The European Court of Justice looks set to derail plans for a common patent system across the European Union. The court’s Advocate General believes that a centralized patent is “incompatible with the treaties” that created the E.U., according to a leaked document.

Apple Patent Points To iMac Touch Running OS X and iOS
siliconbits noted an interesting little tale of a recently surfaced Apple Patent covering an iMac Touch with a flex base that switches from iOS to OS X based on orientation. There’s some interesting food for thought in there … I can’t decide if I like the idea or not. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Apple Patent Outlines a System To Track Users
Future versions of Apple’s iPhone may come equipped with the smartphone version of a LoJack car-recovery system, a patent application filed by the computer giant suggests. The application details a system that can take photos of an unauthorized user, pinpoint his or her location, or even detect the user’s heartbeat patterns after the phone owner reports it lost or stolen.

U.S. Patent Office Ruled Oculir Patent Invalid Based on Dr. Marc Abreu’s Technology for Diabetes Monitoring — Brain …
HAMDEN, Conn.—-The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has held that all claims in Oculirs Patent No. 6,958,039 to be invalid as not patentable based on prior art from a patent disclosure by Yale researcher, Dr.