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90 Brain Fitness Patents for Posit Science

Rate of Invention in Applied Brain Science Continues to Accelerate SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Posit Science, the leading provider of brain fitness software, today announced that it was issued patent number 7,540,615 by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Posit Science now owns ...

Misonix Announces the Purchase of Patents From ProRhythm, Inc.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Misonix, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSON ), a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, announced today that it has purchased th...

Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Announces In-Licensing of Key Patents to Further Strengthen its Intellectual Property Estate for Contrave(R)

SAN DIEGO, June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orexigen(R) Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced the licensing of certain intellectual property (IP) from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that expands the Company's IP position unde...

Impliant Granted Two New U.S. Patents and Successfully Defends European Patent Opposition Case

PRINCETON, N.J., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Impliant, Inc., a developer of novel spine arthroplasty alternatives to fusion surgery, today announced that the European Patent Office has confirmed the validity of one of its key patents following an Opposition by Archus Orthopedics, Inc. (Redmond, WA) tha...

CAP Joins Landmark Lawsuit Challenging Legality of Myriad Genetics Gene Patents

The College of American Pathologists today joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Myriad Genetics, challenging the legality of Myriad's patents for the genes known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, which are indicators for hereditary predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. ...

ACMG Joins Lawsuit Challenging Patents on Breast Cancer Genes; Genes Are Naturally Occurring Substances and Should Not Be Patented, Says American College of Medical Genetics

BETHESDA, Md., May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) has joined the Association for Molecular Pathology, the College of American Pathologists, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology in a lawsuit filed today charging that patents on the human gen...

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Patents in Medical Technology

Optherion Announces Issuance of Canadian Patents Covering Age-Related Macular Degeneration Diagnostics and Treatments

Issuance of Canadian Patents 2,363,503 and 2,407,715 Strengthens Intellectual Property Position of Optherion's Novel Diagnostics for Age-Related Macular Degeneration NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Optherion, Inc., a company developing novel molecular diagnostics and treatments for...

Doctor Declares War on Hospital Infections, Patents MRSA-Killing Machine

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As a surgeon and clinical instructor, Dr. Jeffery Deal, MD, FACS, DTMH, knew firsthand about the growing number of patients contracting ... and dying from ... Hospital Acquired Infections. He was also keenly aware that infections are quickly spreading b...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Awarded Two New U.S. Patents Broadening Its Targeted Anti-Phospholipid Patent Portfolio

- New Claims Cover Anti-Viral Applications of Novel Targeted Agents Under the Company's Anti-Phospholipid Technology Platform - - Anti-Viral Potential of These New Agents Supported by Recent Studies Presented at American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting - TUSTIN, Calif., ...

U.S. Patent Office Rejects Key HIV/AIDS Drug Patents at PUBPAT Request: Government Finds Prior Art Submitted By PUBPAT Invalidates All of Gilead Sciences' Claims

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Public Patent Foundation ("PUBPAT") announced today that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has rejected four key HIV/AIDS drug patents held by Gilead Sciences that relate to the drug known generically as tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), a k...

Kibow Biotech Obtains Australian, Chinese and Indian Patents Protecting the Composition and Basic Technology Behind Its Oral Probiotic Formulation for Chronic Kidney Failure

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kibow Biotech, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been granted an International Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patent from Australia, China and India. The approved patent, "Prebiotic and Probiotic Compositions and their Method of use for Gut-based Th...

Vectibix(R) in Combination With Chemotherapy Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival in First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

...wise competitive with our products. In addition, while we routinely obtain patents for our products and technology, the protection offered by our patents and patent applications may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented by o...

Patents in Medical Products

Pipetman Ultra Multichannel 12x20

Description:... Diamond Tips from Gilson's patented Rocky Rack system, this product will maximize performance and assure productivity. * PCR process is covered by US patents owned by Hoffman-La-Roche, Inc....
Company:Gilson, Inc

Pipetman Ultra Multichannel 12x300

Description:... Diamond Tips from Gilson's patented Rocky Rack system, this product will maximize performance and assure productivity. * PCR process is covered by US patents owned by Hoffman-La-Roche, Inc....
Company:Gilson, Inc

Pipetman Ultra Multichannel 8x20

Description:... Diamond Tips from Gilson's patented Rocky Rack system, this product will maximize performance and assure productivity. * PCR process is covered by US patents owned by Hoffman-La-Roche, Inc....
Company:Gilson, Inc

Pipetman Ultra Multichannel 8x300

Description:... Diamond Tips from Gilson's patented Rocky Rack system, this product will maximize performance and assure productivity. * PCR process is covered by US patents owned by Hoffman-La-Roche, Inc....
Company:Gilson, Inc

Boss Image-Line

Description:...zing system allows for rapid and accurate blade size determination. The wide range of blade options accommodates a variety of patients and procedures. patents pending blade hub and frame grasper designs provide greater blade stability and eliminate blade misalignment. Quick snap, side loading of blades for c...
Company:Boss Instruments, Ltd.

Stepped EndoProbe Handpieces

Features:... There are two new Stepped EndoProbe models (both with patents pending): 20-24 Gauge, 45 angle: Unique probe design permits angled probe to be inserted through a straight cannula Alternative to st...
Company:IRIDEX

Patents in Medical Definition

NeuroArm

...References 3 External links 3.1 Videos 3.2 Related patents History The $27-million [4] NeuroArm project ...oArm unveiling , University of Calgary , April 17, 2007 Related patents Canadian Patent 2246369 Surgical procedure with magnetic resonance im...

Patents in Medical Dictionary

Intra

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Patents in Biological News

Cornell patents a pink lily look-alike that blooms all summer long

Mauve Majesty is one cool lily look-alike. This new pinkish-purple ornamental flower, just patented by Cornell, can last for two weeks in a vase, but when left in the garden, it blooms all summer long in the cooler, northern states until the first hard freeze in the fall. The new hybrid of the In...

Association for Molecular Pathology joins ACLU to challenge gene patents

Washington, DC May 13, 2009 The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) announced today that it is working with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation to bring a lawsuit charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer are u...

bioMETRX, Inc. Files for Several New Patents

JERICHO, N.Y., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- bioMETRX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BMRX) a leading developer of biometric based consumer products, today announced that it has filed 5 new patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The products covered by the fili...

Aware, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...luding the credit crisis affecting the financial markets; our intellectual property is subject to limited protection; our ability to obtain or enforce patents could be affected by new laws, regulations or rules; and our business may be affected by government regulations. DSL factors include, but are not limi...

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2009

...erosions, and the Cornea Treatment Tool, useful for delivering drugs from the array of glass spikes on the tip of the tool to the exact disease sites. patents are pending. This research has been funded by ORNL's Laboratory Directed Research and Development and maturation programs, and the UT Research Foundat...

Partnership to accelerate Trudeau Institute discoveries to patient care

...ng the strategic decisions in intellectual property and licensing." Since the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, HRI has established hundreds of patents and technology licenses that have resulted in the commercialization of medical advancements, such as the Prostate Specific Antigen test ("PSA test"), ...

Patents in Biological Technology

China-Biotics, Inc. Applies for Four Patents on Probiotic Formulations

SHANGHAI, July 31 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHBT ) ("China-Biotics", "the Company"), a leading Chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced it has submitted applicatio...

PROLOR Biotech Awarded Two U.S. Patents for Its Longer-Acting Human Growth Hormone and Longer-Acting Erythropoietin

NES-ZIONA, Israel, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PBTH), formerly Modigene Inc., today announced that the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued two new patents for the company's long-acting CTP-enhanced human growth hormone (hGH-CTP) and hu...

DNA2.0 Awarded US Patents for Breakthrough Gene Optimization Technology -- Company's Unique Algorithm Enables Expression Yields up to 50 Times Greater than Competing Approaches

The use of codon optimization in gene synthesis has long been misunderstood. DNA2.0 has cracked the code on optimizing sequence design and has been awarded two US patents covering the technology. DNA2.0's approach goes beyond codon arrangement, so the company is introducing a new, more accurate c...

Access Pharmaceuticals Announces Granting of Two US Patents for MuGard(TM)

Commercial Launch of MuGard in Europe Ongoing DALLAS, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) , announced today that the Company has received issue notifications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office that two US pat...

Sinobiopharma Applies For Two Chinese Patents For Cisatracurium Besylate

NANJING, China, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinobiopharma Inc. ("Sinobiopharma ", or "the Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: SNBP) is pleased to announce that it has applied for two Chinese patents for its flagship product, Cisatracurim besylate, a pre-surgical skeletal muscle relaxant. The...

Resverlogix's Success in Inflammation Program Results in 2 Patents Filed

Novel small molecules illustrate potential cost effective approach for rheumatoid arthritis TSX Exchange Symbol: RVX CALGARY and ATLANTA, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Resverlogix Corp. ("Resverlogix" or the "Company") (TSX:RVX) is pleased to announce today that it has made s...

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Patents in Biological Products

Biomek FXP Laboratory Automation Workstation with Multichannel Head from Beckman Coulter

Description:... applications Interchangeable pipetting heads with Biomek FX Multiple syringe and probe options *The PCR process is covered by patents owned by Roche Molecular Systems and E.Hoffman-La Roche, Ltd. ...
Company:Beckman Coulter

Biomek NXP Multichannel Laboratory Automation Workstation (with integrated Gripper) from Beckman Coulter

Description:...plate-to-plate applications Pipetting heads interchangeable with Biomek FXP Multiple syringe and probe options *The PCR process is covered by patents owned by Roche Molecular Systems and E.Hoffman-La Roche, Ltd. ...
Company:Beckman Coulter

Biomek NX P Span-8 Laboratory Automation Workstation (w/ Gripper) from Beckman Coulter

Description:...configurations Optional gripper mechanism on Span 8 Multiple syringe and probe options 360 rotating gripper *The PCR process is covered by patents owned by Roche Molecular Systems and E.Hoffman-La Roche, Ltd. ...
Company:Beckman Coulter

Biomek NXP Span-8 Laboratory Automation Workstation (w/o Gripper) from Beckman Coulter

Description:...eanup Flexibility to Accommodate Your Needs Multiple configurations Multiple syringe and probe options *The PCR process is covered by patents owned by Roche Molecular Systems and E.Hoffman-La Roche, Ltd. ...
Company:Beckman Coulter

Biomek FXP Laboratory Automation Workstation with Single Span-8 Pod from Beckman Coulter

Description:...nterchangeable pipetting heads with Biomek FX Multiple syringe and probe options *The PCR process is covered by patents owned by Roche Molecular Systems and E.Hoffman-La Roche, Ltd ...
Company:Beckman Coulter

MultiScribe Reverse Transcriptase from Applied Biosystems

Description:...NA as a template in the presence of a primer to synthesize a complementary DNA (cDNA) strand. The PCR process and 5' nuclease process are covered by patents owned by Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd....
Company:Applied Biosystems

Patents in Biological Definition

Diabetes mellitus

...r type I using glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), but these are currently not being tested by the pharmaceutical companies that have sublicensed the patents to them. For type 2 diabetics, diabetic management consists of a combination of diet , exercise, and weight loss , in any achievable combination...

Polymerase chain reaction

...d to the technique, including most famously a lawsuit brought by DuPont . The pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche purchased the rights to the patents in 1992 and currently holds them. PCR in practice Figure 1 : PCR machine PCR is used to amplify a short, well-defined part o...

Patents in Biological Dictionary

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AFLP

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