Patent Search and Filing

RAF Tabtronics LLC Receives patent for Hyper-X Magnetic Technology(TM) (ThomasNet)
ROCHESTER, NY, May 21, 2009 — RAF Tabtronics LLC announced today that it has received a patent for its Hyper-X Magnetic Technology(TM) (HXMT). The patent enables RAF Tabtronics to be the leading designer and supplier of smaller, more efficient inductive components for the most demanding power electronics applications. HXMT will enable energy saving advancements in Solar, Wind, Hybrid Vehicles, …

Two Denver firms to provide patent services to NIH. (Denver Post)
A team of two Denver intellectual-property law firms, Sheridan Ross PC and Swanson & Bratschun LLC, received a 10-year contract to provide patent services to the National Institutes of Health for biotechnology inventions.

Spire Receives U.S. Patent for Nanophotovoltaic Devices (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BEDFORD, Mass.—-Spire Corporation , a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S.

Direct Flow Medical Announces Fifth Patent Issuance Of Their Unique Percutaneous Aortic Valve Technology (Medical News Today)
Direct Flow Medical, Inc. a privately held, emerging medical device Company developing a next generation, minimally invasive implant to treat patients with heart valve disease announced the issuance of its 5th patent on their Percutaneous Aortic Valve (PAV) Technology.

Microsoft ordered to pay $200 mln in patent case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A jury in the US state of Texas ordered US computer software giant Microsoft on Wednesday to pay 200 million dollars to a Canadian company for patent infringement.

Microsoft hit with $200 million patent verdict (CNET)
A jury rules that an XML tagging feature in recent versions of Word infringed on a patent from a Toronto-based company.

Sprint, Paetec settle patent-infringement suit (BizJournals)
Sprint Nextel Corp. has settled a patent-infringement lawsuit it filed early last year against Paetec Holding Corp. (S)

ITC Patent Disputes Continue to Provide Steady, Profitable Work (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
In a year that ended dismally for many law firms, one subsection of intellectual property litigation continued to provide steady — and profitable — work: the patent disputes heard by the International Trade Commission known as 337 investigations.

United Treatment Centers Files for Global Patent (Marketwire)
ASTORIA, NEW YORK–(Marketwire – May 15, 2009) – United Treatment Centers, Inc. (OTCBB:UTRM) today announces it has successfully filed with the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for our Global Patent of its new Aquafree Toothbrush. UTRM is thrilled to announce the filing of its PCT application with an Authorized Receiving Office. This application is the gateway to securing UTRM’s exclusive global …

Applied DNA Sciences Files Patent for SigNature DNA in Cyanoacrylate to Add Forensic Layer of Anti-Counterfeit Security (Marketwire)
STONY BROOK, NY–(Marketwire – May 14, 2009) – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. ( OTCBB : APDN ), a provider of DNA-based security solutions, announced today that it has filed a patent for the embedment of DNA in cyanoacrylate, adding to its extensive intellectual property portfolio, and SigNature DNA product line. Cyanoacrylate adhesive compositions are widely used as quick setting, instant …