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ExThera Medical: Drug resistance
By AWA | Posted on November 19, 2018
Based in Martinez, California (US), ExThera Medical (ExThera) has developed a state-of-the-art device that filters harmful bacteria and viruses from patients’ blood in a dialysis-like circuit. This device, named Seraph, is proving to be a promising alternative for treating drug-resistant bloodstream diseases, which remain a significant health concern worldwide A serious blood problem Bacterial bloodstream...
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Tags: blood, bloodstream, exthera medical, Intellectual Property, patents, San Francisco, seraph, USA
FlexQube: Brick by brick
By AWA | Posted on November 27, 2017
Child’s play: Inspired by Lego, the founders of Gothenburg based FlexQube aim to make their customers best in the world at intralogistics with their flexible yet simple solution When working for a world leading manufacturer for construction equipment, Per Augustsson noticed that the material management was quite static. Welded solutions were used to aid the...
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Tags: FlexQube, Intellectual Property, intralogistics, IP, lego, logistics, sweden, USA
The value of design patents
By Joacim Lydén | Posted on October 18, 2016
It is a perfectly clear, crisp morning as I make my way from Washington DC’s Union Station, through a clean and perfectly trimmed Senate Park, to the white neoclassical palace that houses the United States Supreme Court. The wide pavement and massive stairs leading to the building’s entrance is filled with journalists, photographers and television...
Tags: awapatent, IP, Patent, Trademark, USA
Decision by the USPTO puts the spotlight on the “real party in interest”
By Joacim Lydén | Posted on July 1, 2014
One of the ways that companies in patent dense industries, such as consumer electronics, try to fend off claims from patent holders is by requesting assistance from patent risk management firms. Patent risk management firms generally assist their clients by acquiring patents, tracking litigation outcome, or by acting to remove questionable patents from the landscape....
Tags: patent risk management, USA, USPTO
Patenting software in the US
By Lasse Henze | Posted on June 17, 2014
On June 11, 2014 Awapatent hosted a seminar about software patenting in the US. The seminar was arranged by Danish-American Business Forum (DABF). US patent Attorney Eric S. Barr from Sughrue Mion PLLC was invited to give a talk about recent developments within this field. Eric gave a very informative and inspiring talk where he...
The life sciences patent maze – USA
By AWA | Posted on May 27, 2014
ON MARCH 4, 2014, the US Patent Office issued new guidelines on how to evaluate the patentability of inventions reciting or involving “laws of nature/natural principles, natural phenomena, and/or natural products”. Considering the fact that the first federal patent statute of the United States was established in 1790, one might be inclined to believe that...
Tags: life science, patents, USA, USPTO
Design just as important as technical issues in Apple vs. Samsung verdict
By AWA | Posted on August 31, 2012
The dispute between Apple and Samsung on smartphones and tablets has received much public attention. Recently, a landmark verdict was reached when a California based court decided in Apple’s favour. Samsung now has to pay at least one billion US dollars to Apple, who also has sought a sales ban in the USA on a...
Tags: design protection, Infringement, Patent, Software, USA
Breast cancer gene patents once again found valid by US appeals court
By Niklas Mattsson | Posted on August 23, 2012
In the “Myriad case” an ongoing legal battle with many twists and turns, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, CAFC, has decided to once again uphold patent claims covering isolated human genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, owned at least partly by Myriad Genetics Inc in Utah, USA. The patent claims were initially invalidated in...
Tags: gene patents, USA
The Patent Prosecution Highway expands
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on May 31, 2012
I have previously written about the PPH MOTTAINAI agreement, which aims at easing the requirements for requesting patent examinations. The latest news is that the EPO (European Patent Office) entered the PPH MOTTAINAI agreement at the beginning of the year (29 January) and thus the PPH MOTTAINAI agreement has now been signed by a total of nine countries. With...
Cooperative Patent Classification – a new patent classification system
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on November 2, 2011
Everybody who ever conducted patent litterature searches knows the problems arising from the very different criteria for classifying patents in the respective patent classification systems used in Europe by the EPO, ECLA (European CLAssification), and in the USA by the USPTO, USPC (US Patent Classification. Fortunately the solution is nearby! The EPO and the USPTO have...
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