Patent Search and Filing

Bioxel files patent application for manufacturing paclitaxel, docetaxel APIs (PharmaBiz)
Bioxel Pharma Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of taxane active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and developer of targeted oncology has filed a new patent covering the manufacturing of paclitaxel and docetaxel APIs by semi-synthesis.

Revolution virtual console patent uncovered? (Joystiq)
Nintendo have recently filed a patent with the catchy title Game information storage medium and game system using the same , which may be related to the Revolution . The patent details the operation of an emulator and storage system embedded within a different system, and sounds suspiciously like the Virtual Console features touted to be part of the Revolution. This patent

Bayer CropScience loses patent-dispute case (Triangle Business Journal)
Monsanto Co. did not infringe on a patent held by Bayer CropScience related to insect-protection technology in corn, a jury in St. Louis ruled Tuesday.

Bayer Patent News Unlikely To Hurt Shares (New Ratings)
0758 GMT [Dow Jones] News of Bayer’s ( BAY.ETR ) defeat in a patent infringement case is not expected to put pressure on the share Wednesday, traders say. “The patent wasn’t part of Bayer’s core business,” says trader. Sees share trading between EUR33.50 and EUR35 intraday.

Jury Finds In Favor Of Monsanto In Patent Case Involving Bayer CropScience And Insect-Protected Corn Technology (Grainnet.com)
St. Louis, MO– Monsanto Company announced Nov. 22 that a jury has found in favor of Monsanto in a patent infringement and validity case related to insect-protection technology in corn.

OSDL Seeks to Curb Legal Pitfalls With Patent Commons (TechNewsWorld.com)
The OSDL Patent Commons Project has already rallied the support of many industry leaders, including CA, IBM, Intel, Novell, Red Hat, and Sun Microsystems. OSDL said it welcomes other IT vendors, corporations, organizations, government agencies and individuals to participate.

OSDL says patent threat to Linux is receding (ZDNet UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The Patent Commons has launched, but one activist has hit out at the idea that pledging a few hundred patents will prevent IP warfare

PubPat Claims ‘Prior Art’ on JPEG Patent (InternetNews.com)
Patent watchdog group is asking the U.S. Patent office to take another look at data compression format.

Hybrid Database Replication Tool Wins Patent (eWeek)
A patent has been granted to WorldSync for its method of gluing together the best of peer-to-peer and centralized database replication.

OSDL opens online patent commons library (Linux World Australia)
Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) is to launch its online patent commons reference library. The group hopes it will give users more confidence about using open-source software by allaying some concerns about the possibility of patent litigation.