An Apple patent filed the same year borrows some of that work, Noise Free insists, in addition to the iPhone in question.
In comparing the Smart Cover information with a former patent filed by the iPhone maker, Patently Apple speculated that users may one day use their iMac as the ultimate charging hub.
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Hmm, not to worry, ZapMedia also says it has an almost identical 2006 patent filed for in 2000 -- but that patent, as far as a quick USPTO search shows, hasn't been assigned to ZapMedia, instead remaining with Kenneth Liscomb and several other individuals also listed on the new patent.
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Patent applications filed before that date can still realize the benefits of the first-to-invent system.
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The number of utility patent applications filed in the United States last year exceeded half a million.
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However, after the enactment of the AIA, the number of patent cases filed by trolls against smaller companies increased significantly.
The original patent was filed after work done on text based information systems such as Prestel by the General Post Office (GPO).
Patent applications filed today will take nearly 40 percent less time to receive an initial patentability determination on their innovation compared to January 2009.
Amidst the frantic end-of-year efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff, the Senate approved the House bill with one change (involving pending patent applications filed before 1995).
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When a patent is filed, the key hurdles are novelty and obviousness: Does this idea really represent something new, and is it informed by a particular creativity?
The PTO multiplied the total number of all patent applications filed by the rate at which all issued patents might potentially be subject to a charge of inequitable conduct historically.
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Google has struck back with claims that BT has infringed a method to allow PCs to use an internet-based telephone system based on a patent originally filed by Fujitsu.
This makes sense, since the trolls were forced to file separate suits, rather than a single, combined lawsuit. 2012 statistics show that trolls brought the majority of patent lawsuits filed in the U.S., 61% compared to only 45% in 2011.
Described rather broadly as a "method for providing human input to a computer, " the patent (filed in July of 2009) is a continuation of one dating all the way back to 1995, and appears to cover some fairly basic multitouch-related functions.
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To make matters worse, the European Patent Office has filed a brief, also stating that the patent is invalid.
In 2001, Virgina-based patent holding company NTP filed suit against RIM, alleging patent infringement, and since then, the case has plugged along through various courts and appeals.
This is true despite the fact that prior to filing a patent application a thorough search is typically performed, looking for any publication that might block a patent from issuing, and that a patent application is only filed when chances for obtaining a patent appear good.
The company also filed patent infringement suits against Apple and RIM in federal court.
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The Bellevue, Wash, company announced Wednesday that it filed patent infringement complaints against companies like McAfee, Symantec Corp.
This is a company that in September filed patent suits against Apple and Google alleging infringement of 10 patents each.
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In the meantime, AstraZeneca has filed patent infringement suits in several countries challenging competitors' plans to sell a generic version of Losec.
DeVito has been won over by LexisNexis' CourtLink, which notifies him every time a patent lawsuit is filed anywhere in the country.
Plans for a modernizing effort are afoot, and Rogan says that he is considering a requirement that all patent applications be filed electronically.
He is then typically granted the sole right to sell the product for 17-20 years from the time the patent application was filed.
The application for this patent was first filed in 1990 and has been rejected, modified, re-submitted, opposed, and updated during the course of its prosecution.
Mr. Smits, who specializes in evergreens, noticed a yellow branch on an otherwise green arborvitae in his nursery, according to the plant patent application he filed.
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More than ten big patent lawsuits were filed between Dow, Exxon, Mobil, Phillips and others in the 1990s, and a number are still in the courts today.
These patents are significant because they are the basis of an October 3, 2012 patent infringement lawsuit filed against five defendants, most notably Facebook (FB) and Linkedin (LNKD).
The patent application, filed back in late-2009, describes a location-based social network that helps users discover people in their vicinity, based on common interests like books, movies, and, naturally, music.
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