Patent in Biological Technology

Palatin Technologies, Inc. Receives U.S. Patent Allowance for Heart Failure Drug Candidate

CRANBURY, N.J., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Palatin Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PTN ) announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its U.S. Patent Application Number 11/694,260, titled "Cyclic Natriuretic Peptide Constructs...

SyntheMed Receives US Patent on Novel Polymer Technology

ISELIN, N.J., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SyntheMed, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SYMD), a biomaterials company engaged in the development and commercialization of anti-adhesion products, announced today that it has been awarded US Patent #7,569,643 pertaining to its bioresorbable reverse ...

Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Patent Pending Gliclazide-Controlled Release Tablets

BEIJING, July 30 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LTUS) ("Lotus" or the "Company") a growing developer and producer of prescriptions drugs and licensed national seller of pharmaceutical products in the People's Republic of China, today reported it...

Cellular Dynamics International In-Licenses Key Patent Portfolio for Using Stem Cell-Derived Cells in Drug Testing

MADISON, Wis., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced that it has exclusively in-licensed a US-issued patent portfolio on optimizing the stem cell differentiation selection process and on using heart cells (cardiomyocytes) in drug testing...

Microbix Files First Patent Applications On Novel Technology Platform For Large Semen Sexing Market

Company seeks partner to commercialize the technology TORONTO, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX:MBX) announced today that it has filed key patent applications based on its novel semen sexing discoveries and that it will now embark on the path to commercialization ...

DOR BioPharma Announces Issuance of European Patent for its LPM(TM) Oral Drug Delivery Technology

PRINCETON, N.J., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DOR BioPharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DORB) (DOR or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received a European patent which addresses its Lipid Polymer Micelle (LPM(TM)) technology for the improved oral...

Peregrine Awarded European Patent for Innovative Labeling Technology Featured in New Study in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

TUSTIN, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM ) today announced that it has been awarded a European patent for a novel device and methods for linking biological agents to labels for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The technology, which i...

Bion Announces Approval of New U.S. Patent that Broadens Protection for the Company's Livestock Waste Environmental Treatment Processes

NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BNET) announced today that it was notified that its U.S. Patent application 11/592,513 entitled "Low Oxygen Biologically Mediated Nutrient Removal" has been approved. The patent application was m...

Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. Awarded $1.67 Billion Patent Jury Verdict from Abbott Laboratories

HORSHAM, Pa., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. announced today that a federal jury has returned a verdict of $1.67 billion against Abbott Laboratories in a patent infringement suit. "We are pleased that the jury has ruled in our favor in the patent litigation case against A...

CEL-SCI Files Patent Application to Support Company's Treatment for More Virulent Strain of H1N1 Swine and Other Influenza Viruses

VIENNA, Va., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI CORPORATION (NYSE AMEX: CVM ) announced today that it has filed a provisional U.S. patent application covering its L.E.A.P.S.(TM) immune therapy drugs (vaccines) for the prevention/treatment of H1N1, swine, bird flu, Influenza A and/or ev...

MicroFluidic Systems (MFSI) Receives Patent for Method to Selectively Process Different Biological Cell Types for Analysis.

FREMONT, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Microfluidic Systems, a privately-held company, announced today that they received patent number 7,541,166, entitled "Sonication to Selectively Lyse Different Cell Types". This method, originally applied to the process of differential extraction of male/fem...

Haemonetics Receives Favorable Ruling in Patent Lawsuit against Competitive Technology

BRAINTREE, Mass., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE ) announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has made a ruling in the Company's lawsuit against Fenwal, Inc. In January 2009, a jury issued a verdict in favor of Haemone...

BASF Sues DuPont for Patent Infringement

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, BASF filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against DuPont (E. l. du Pont de Nemours and Company) for infringement of BASF's patented technology that confers tolerance to a key class of herbicides. Specific...

GenVault Receives Four Critical U.S. and E.U. Patent Allowances for Key Biosample Management Technologies

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVault Corporation is pleased to announce notice of allowance for four key patents in its growing portfolio. U.S. Patent Application #10/005,415, entitled "Automated Biological Sample Archive for Storage, Retrieval & Analysis of a Large Number of Sa...

Atherotech Receives Patent for ApoB Measurement

Patent recognizes accurate method in the VAP(R) Cholesterol Test for determining heart disease risk BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Atherotech, Inc., developer of the VAP Cholesterol Test, has announced it has received a patent on its method to derive and report apolipoprotein B1...

Odyssey Thera Announces Collaboration With Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, and Issuance of Core Patent in Japan

SAN RAMON, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Odyssey Thera, Inc. announced today the initiation of a collaboration with leading Japanese pharmaceutical company Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. The alliance involves the analysis of drug candidates from a number of Mitsubishi Tanabe preclinical p...

The Court Supports Bavarian Nordic's Decision to Start Patent Infringement Case Against Oxford BioMedica

KVISTGARD, Denmark, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oxford Biomedica's second attempt to dismiss Bavarian Nordic's patent infringement suit in the United States has failed. Instead of denying infringement, Oxford Biomedica made yet another attempt to dismiss the suit arguing that it was premat...

OmniComm Systems Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With DataSci, LLC

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: OMCM) announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with DataSci, LLC for the purpose of resolving the patent infringement lawsuit between the companies. Effective April 9, 2009, OmniC...

General Patent Corporation Calls New Patent Reform Bill Harmful to Inventors and Entrepreneurs

General Patent CEO Alexander Poltorak, writing in the syndicated "Washington Watch" column, strongly criticized the proposed Patent Reform Act of 2009 saying that "recycling a piece of failed legislation is not the best way to protect American inventors and spur innovation." ...

CeNeRx BioPharma Awarded New Patent for its Innovative Compounds That Selectively Target Peripheral Cannabinoid Receptors

--By Avoiding the CNS, These Compounds May Be Free of the Side Effects Associated with Traditional Cannabinoid Compounds-- RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- CeNeRx BioPharma, Inc., a clinical stage company developing and commercializing innovative treatments for diseases o...

Delaware Court Rules That Watson Does Not Infringe Patent Related to Generic Version of Concerta(R) and Declares Patent Invalid

CORONA, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI ), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Delaware has ruled that Watson's generic version of Concerta (methylphenidate hydroc...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Awarded New U.S. Patent Further Strengthening Its Anti-Phospholipid Patent Portfolio

-- New Claims Cover Phospholipid-Targeting Compounds Linked to Anti-Viral Agents -- TUSTIN, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM ) today reported the issuance of a U.S. patent that further strengthens the company's intellectual prope...

BioMarin Receives Notice of Allowance for Once Daily Dosing Patent for Kuvan

NOVATO, Calif., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN ) announced today that it has received a notice from the United States Patent Office reporting allowance of claims covering once daily dosing methods for Kuvan(R) (sapropterin dihydrochloride) in the tr...

US Patent Office Rejects 95% of Verathon Claims in Patent Case With Aircraft Medical

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 23, 2009 the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issued a Non-Final Action Closing Prosecution in the ongoing re-examination of Verathon, Inc.'s United States Patent Number 6,543,447. Aircraft Medical, Ltd. filed the reques...

Scientists patent corrosion-resistant nano-coating for metals

UPTON, NY - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method for coating metal surfaces with an ultrathin film containing nanoparticles - particles measuring billionths of a meter - which renders the metal resistant to corrosion and eliminates th...

Intradigm Receives Notice of Allowance for Key RNA Interference (RNAi) Patent Covering Potent siRNA Sequence

Issuance Will Give Company Patents in Each of the Three Critical Areas of RNAi Therapeutic Development PALO ALTO, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Intradigm Corporation, a leading developer of targeted, systemic RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that the United States Pate...

VIA Pharmaceuticals Announces Grant of New Patent on Lead Compound VIA-2291

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIAP ), a biotechnology company focused on the development of compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic disease, today announced the issuance of United States Patent No. 7,495,024 entitled "Phen...

Mindset BioPharmaceuticals (USA) Inc Obtains Notice of Allowance for European Patent Related to Use of Insulin Sensitizers in Senile Dementia, Dementia and Memory Loss

NEW YORK, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindset BioPharmaceuticals (USA) Inc ("MINDSET") a company privately held by MPM Capital and other shareholders announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance in Europe related to patent applications describing the use of insulin sensitizer drugs for t...

InterMune Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for ITMN-191

BRISBANE, Calif., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN ) today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent Number 7,491,794, a composition of matter patent which covers the ITMN-191 (R7227) compound. The nominal 20-year patent term extends to October 13, 2024. ITMN-191 is ...

Odyssey Thera Granted U.S. Patent for Novel GPCR Assay Strategy

Claims extend and strengthen Odyssey Thera's coverage to include GPCR directed screening and drug profiling. SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Odyssey Thera, Inc. announced today that it has been granted a United States patent entitled "Fragment Complementation Assays for G-Protein-C...

Vermillion Announces Notice of Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Hepcidin as a Biomarker for Ovarian Cancer

- Discovery Could Lead to the Development of a Next-Generation Assay to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer - FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vermillion, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VRML), a molecular diagnostics company, today announced that the U.S. Patent Off...

Victhom announces the filing of a patent application to address sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

QUEBEC, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Victhom Human Bionics Inc., "Victhom" (TSX: VHB), announced today the filing of a patent application for the detection and treatment of a physiological disorder that most likely leads to sudden unexplainable death in epileptic patients during seizure. Vic...

Vasogen Announces Sale of Patent Application and Provides Corporate Update

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Vasogen Inc. (NASDAQ: VSGN ; TSX:VAS) today announced that it has sold a United States patent application and its related foreign counterparts for US$400,000. This device-based intellectual property has not been used to date in the Celacade System;...

EAU Technologies Receives Patent for Empowered Water(TM)

Solution for mold remediation provides environmentally friendly alternative to currently used chemicals. ATLANTA, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EAU Technologies, Inc . ("EAU" or "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: EAUI), a leading provider of electrolyzed oxidative water, announced today i...

Stem Cell Innovations, Inc., Files New Patent Application

Stem Cell Innovations, Inc., (SCLL.PK) announced today that it has filed a new patent application for the production of pluripotent stem cells from primordial germ cells. Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 22, 2009 -- Stem Cell Innovations, Inc., (SCLL.PK) announced today that...

Court of Appeals Overturns 2005 Patent Verdict Against Cordis

WARREN, N.J., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. today found Boston Scientific Corporation's Ding patent invalid, and reversed a 2005 jury finding that Cordis Corporation's CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent infringed that patent. ...

GeneNews granted U.S. patent for Chagas disease based on Sentinel Principle(TM) platform

TORONTO, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN), a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, today announced it has been granted U.S. Patent # 7,473,528 entitled "Method for the detection ...

Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Issued a Key Fourth U.S. Patent on Contrave(R)

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orexigen(R) Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent for what the Company refers to as the "W...

Banyan Biomarkers Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Biomarkers for Traumatic Injury

Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted U.S. Patent No. 7,456,027, “Proteolytic Biomarkers for Traumatic Injury to the Nervous System”, licensed exclusively by Banyan Biomarkers from the University of Florida with the company as co...

Intradigm Announces Issuance of Key Patent Related to Enhancing Efficacy and Potency of RNAi Therapeutics

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Intradigm Corporation, a leading developer of targeted, systemic RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced the issuance of United States patent 7,459,547, entitled "Methods and Compositions for Controlling Efficacy of RNA Silencing." The issue...