Archive for May, 2008

Operators, Vendors Call Patent Firm s Cable Modems A Sham (MultiChannel News)

Operators, Vendors Call Patent Firm s Cable Modems A Sham (MultiChannel News)
The five largest cable operators and six DOCSIS equipment manufacturers have launched a new legal counterattack against a so-called patent troll trying to wrest millions of dollars in licensing fees from the industry.

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Posted by Patent Search and Filing Staff - May 29, 2008 at 8:47 pm

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MPR Services Granted Patent for Improving the Conversion of Oxazolidones to Alkanolamines (Centre Daily Times)

MPR Services Granted Patent for Improving the Conversion of Oxazolidones to Alkanolamines (Centre Daily Times)
MPR Services, Dickinson, Texas, has been granted United States Patent # 7,323,600 for a regeneration process for converting oxazolidones such as hydroxypropyloxazolidone (HPOZD) to DEA or DIPA, dependent on the solvent used. Michael Turoff, MPR Associate Scientist, was the primary developer of this new process. This patented process constitutes a major efficiency breakthrough for MPR’s OXEX(TM) …

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Posted by Patent Search and Filing Staff - May 28, 2008 at 5:45 pm

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Creating a surprise twist in the portable music wars, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied (New Mobile Computing)

Creating a surprise twist in the portable music wars, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied (New Mobile Computing)
Apple’s application to patent its method of using hierarchical menus to navigate through the iPod’s contents. The basis for the denial: a similar method outlined in a Microsoft researcher’s patent application, filed after the iPod was introduced but before Apple sought its own patent.

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Posted by Patent Search and Filing Staff - May 27, 2008 at 7:19 am

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