Sentences with phrase «many by patent»

Because a patent grants the inventor a monopoly on his or her invention for relatively long period of time (between 14 and 20 years depending upon the invention), patent applications are rigorously examined by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).

a precise description of the aspects of the invention to be covered by the patent (called the patent claims)

Predictably, the decision was lauded by patent lawyers, who predicted a rush of applications.

Technology leadership is not defined by patents, which history has repeatedly shown to be small protection indeed against a determined competitor, but rather by the ability of a company to attract and motivate the world's most talented engineers.

Even the cafe contributed by patenting a new takeaway container that keeps pizza from getting soggy.

The patent, published by Patent Buddy, includes sketches of a device that looks extremely similar to the one in the leaked images.

The tech - stock - heavy Nasdaq said a key feature of its technology that is protected by patents is substantially similar to how IEX works.

But that quarter's numbers were boosted by a patent licensing deal that netted the company more than $ 1 billion, according to earnings reports, so it isn't an apples - to - apples comparison.

The inquiry Ramirez intends to launch could uncover data and evidence to be used by Congress, federal courts, the Department of Justice and other agencies to combat the harm caused by patent trolls.

A federal jury in Texas found that its iTunes software infringed three patents owned by patent licensing firm Smartflash LLC.

After digging into the history of the term, I found that journalists used «fake» in the 19th century to warn American consumers about products proffered by patent medicine pushers, con artists and hucksters.

The White House's Patent Assertion and Innovation report of June 2013 found that since 2005, the number of defendants sued by patent trolls had quadrupled.

And researchers from Harvard and the University of Texas recently examined R&D spending of publicly listed firms that had been sued by patent trolls.

A researcher at MIT found, for example, that medical imaging businesses sued by a patent troll reduced revenues and innovations relative to comparable companies that were not sued.

However, the stock took a bit of a tumble when management issued a rather uninspiring 2015 forecast, which will likely be tempered by patent losses and the negative impact of the stronger dollar.

Most business owners sued by patent trolls don't talk about it to anyone other than their lawyer; a typical response is to cross one's fingers and hope the problem goes away.

Its fiscal 2011, for example, was negatively impacted by the patent expiration of two blockbuster drugs.

Deedcoin uses innovative technology backed by a patent pending system (App.

Brand name drugs are protected by patents, which sustain profit margins that offset the expenditures required during the expensive R&D and drug approval process.

If a company has a large enough portfolio of products, each protected by patents, and they have enough momentum to replace expiring patents with new patents, then they can have a durable economic advantage in their technological or medical niche.

No. 3: The year of big pharma In the past five years, big cap pharmaceutical stocks have lagged biotech stocks because they've struggled to fill revenue gaps created by the patent cliff.

All were governed by the patents which the Pilgrims and their merchant partners had procured from the king.

The chemical corporation Monsanto has turned this potential into huge profits by patenting seed stock that is compatible with its own pesticide, Roundup, and manufacturing sterile «terminator» seed that requires farmers to buy each year's planting seed from the company.

Furthermore WACKER produces a high - quality range of non-human, non-animal derived L - cysteine products by our patented fermentation process.

Elaeis Organic Virgin Red Palm Oil is a unique product in that it is processed by a patented method called Fresh Press.

The defendant, in answer, denies that plaintiff or its predecessors now use, or have ever used, the word «Tabasco» as a trade - mark or identifying name for sauce, and specially avers that the word «Tabasco» could not and can not be appropriated as a trade - mark, because it is geographical and descriptive; that plaintiff continually acquiesced in the descriptive use of the word «Tabasco,» and never made a bona fide attempt to establish the trade - mark it now asserts; and that any rights that plaintiff may have had in the name as a trade - mark were lost by the patenting of the process and the expiration of such patent.

The word «Tabasco» has been in actual use since such abandonment of the patent to describe a sauce which was not made by the patented process.

«If Edmund Mcllhenny, prior to the expiration of the patent to him, had acquired the exclusive right to use the word «Tabasco» with reference to a sauce not made by the patented process, that right was not extinguished by the expiration of the patent, as the patent had nothing to do with the acquisition of it.

NutraCea Rice Bran Feed Ingredient is a unique patented ingredient derived from a proprietary stabilization technology developed by RiceBran Technologies that's protected by patents and trade secret.

NutraCea Pet Food Ingredient is a unique patented ingredient derived from a proprietary stabilization technology that's protected by patents and trade secret.

The company also proposes Rhovanil ® Natural, a natural vanillin obtained by a patented bioconversion process.

PureCircle could not provide more details on what makes this product using Reb A identical to Reb D and Reb M due to «competitive reasons» and because much of its production is covered by patents and other intellectual property.

Garden Secrets by Patent & Bilerback - This is amazingly in - depth book about vegetable growing that is in - depth yet super easy to read and understand is is a must for the advid vegetable grower.

The gorgeous shape and detailing are matched by the famous Silver Cross ride, a wonderful bouncing glide created by the patented C - spring chassis.

There are about 13,000 intellectual property cases a year filed in federal court (many by patent trolls and pornography companies).

A rainfly aided by a patented hooped fly frame provides protection from the rain, so you stay warm and dry.

They also found evidence that the quality of the commercial activity declined, as measured by how well the companies did and the number of citations garnered by patents relating to each discovery.»

In fact, any new discoveries had to be protected by a patent first before any public presentation of the data.

Because of uncertainties as to the scope of patent protection to be afforded by patents on ESTs.

The policy — in the form of first Office Actions on a series of applications for patents on expressed sequence tags, ESTs — could greatly complicate basic gene therapy research by substantially allowing patents for small sequences of a gene that may later be used by the patent holder to corner ownership and uses of entire genes.

Patent examiners, on the other hand, review — and then reject or accept — the patent applications submitted by patent agents on behalf of their clients.

Copying inventions protected by patents is illegal, as is replicating a trademarked logo, but measuring a desk and building a replica is not.

It's not clear, for example, if the process of analyzing gene expression from a tumor biopsy to decide on a course of treatment can be protected by a patent.

The 17 December ruling upheld a lower court's decision to deny an effort by Myriad Genetics to prevent another company from developing genetic tests that Myriad says are still protected by its patents — despite the 2013 Supreme Court decision that knocked out some elements of those patents.

Fasudil was approved in Japan in 1995, and is no longer covered by a patent, meaning it is cheap — although it is only currently used clinically in Asia.

These are blockbuster drugs and pay - to - delay agreements made by the patent holder may ward off the entry threat by other potential challengers.

The development is not covered by a patent.

Many readers (including me) interpreted Lander's elegant history of CRISPR as a calculated attempt to elevate the intellectual contribution of Zhang (the Broad Institute scientist who is recognized, for the moment, by the patent office as the lone «inventor» of CRISPR) as it minimizes the contributions of Doudna and Charpentier.

«As the concept of an app is not protected by patents, a copycat can imitate the original and beat it by exploiting an overlooked additional feature, undercutting the pricing, or out - advertising.»

«This kind of a study is important because Congress is contemplating changing the rules for fee - shifting in patent cases in order to prevent frivolous litigation by patent trolls,» he said.