This reduced the amount of time the company actually had the patented drug on the market.
Originally developed for the visually impaired, the patented tech makes typing text on your touchscreen a brilliant experience.
The patented program is breathtakingly simple, for both the bank and the customer.
Despite help from DuPont, Downey won't find the patented drug business easy going.
"LEGO Marvel Super Heroes" offers the patented co-op gameplay and tongue-in-cheek humor that gamers have come to expect from TT Games.
He does not, however, own the right to the use of the patented gene, or of the seed or plant containing the patented gene or cell.
Allow more control of page layouts, perhaps in conjunction with a paid model, up to and including ability to eliminate ads and the patented Facebook clutter.
He used the patented soybeans for his main spring crop, but went to a local grain elevator and purchased so-called commodity seeds for a riskier, late-season crop.
The patented plastic display technology in QUE has been 10 years in development, since Plastic Logic's founding by researchers from the renowned University of Cambridge (UK) Cavendish Labs.
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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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But, strangely, because software is really a form of idea rather than mechanical function, the patented software is not strictly limited to the original hardware implementation it was conceived for.
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The rules could be fairly simple, Liivak said: If researchers can demonstrate they derived the genes on their own, and only used the patented genes afterward to check their work, they get a pass.
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The case essentially means that U.S. patent law does not apply overseas and that firms selling products patented in the U.S. must obtain a patent in each country where the patented item is sold.
Because each new crop of soybeans inherits the patented genetic innovation built into the original seeds, growers who wish to use these seeds agree to buy new seeds and sign a licensing agreement to use them only once.
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Last month, a jury found that Vonage's phone system infringes three Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people ) patents, and a federal judge said he would issue an injunction forcing Vonage to stop using the patented technologies.
Maybe it should be a requirement that to patent a gene that the patented gene be attached to chromosomes or organelles that are only found in the non-motile gamete (e.g. if it exists, something like the Y-chromosome, but only existing in eggs ).
" Although Koh admits it's undeniable that Samsung has violated certain patents, Apple has failed to show that it has lost sales to Samsung specifically because of these patent violations, noting that "it is not a case where the patented inventions are central to the infringing product.
The first patented version of Monopoly was launched in the United States in 1935 at the height of Great Depression.
The airline, which patented the sky couch, says it has had numerous inquiries from other carriers.
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.
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 company says it has patented the idea and hopes it will be taken up by the leisure industry.
In 1941, the aerosol was first patented in the United States. by L. D.
From the truss bridges of the 1800s to patented designs such as the Golden Gate in 1936, bridge design has led to patents and new technologies.
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Familiar with Unequal's claims that its pads can absorb up to 80% of the "chronic impact shock" from hits, Mr. Hatfield asked Unequal to design a chest protector for Mr. Vick using the same patented technology Unequal develops for shoes worn by some NFL players.
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In the US, where patented drugs are the most expensive in the world, fakes have penetrated the pharmaceutical chain from drug manufacturers, through wholesalers, to high street pharmacies.
The first airbag system was patented, and the company ABS founded, in 1980.
Exclusive to Targus, the Touch Pen's patented technology simulates the finger touch experience.
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More broadly, the fact that any company can demand protection for the basic shape of a device, years before it had invented the actual device or technology, should not entitle that company to claim that it had patented the design for a smartphone any more than Richard Branson can patent business class travel in outer space.
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