Hoya has huge world demand for its patented process for melting and annealing optical glass, which shrinks production times from 26 days to three days.
Developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the patented process "bombs" graphene with gallium, which forms droplets, and naturally arranges itself to match graphene's famous hexagonal pattern.
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Prometheus patented a process of administering the drug thiopurine to patients, measuring the metabolites of the drug in their system, then adjusting the dose accordingly.
DocuSign, a firm in Seattle founded in 2003, thinks it has now cracked this nut with a new (and patented) process that requires no software except a normal web browser.
Mark Nicholls, the founder and chief executive of Sportexe, the number two maker of artificial turf in the NFL, has patented the process of "tufting" fiber optics with blades of plastic grass.
And Nucryst might apply its patented manufacturing process, which breaks the bulk silver down and then builds it back up atom by atom into silver nanocrystals, to other noble metals like gold and platinum for formulations to treat diseases as diverse as arthritis and cancer.
This technology will be available soon, making its grand entrance as a National Football League field in the U.S. Mark Nicholls, the founder and chief executive of Sportexe, the number two maker of artificial turf in the NFL, has patented the process of "tufting" fiber optics with blades of plastic grass.
The twosome spent 2009 crafting the story of Bionic Yarn and its (since patented) manufacturing process.
Both installations were created by Klip Collective, a Philadelphia-based company that uses a patented video mapping process to design these types of visual effects.
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Corning will use its patented fusion glass manufacturing process to produce a slim, flexible glass almost five times thinner than the standard display glass.
Chappell began developing his philosophy in the late 1960s, when he briefly worked for his father, an entrepreneur who had patented a "Chappell Process" to treat polluted rivers.
For this unique look, LG developed and patented the Crystal Reflection process, which is applied to the back of the Optimus G for a luxurious look and feel.
Now, after a decade of toing and froing with the USPTO, IBM has finally patented a web-based system that makes the whole process automatic.
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What did happen is that for more than two decades, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (which sits below the Supreme Court in the patent appeals process) unilaterally expanded the range of stuff that could be patented.
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