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The I.D. ROM Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor fom Miami for a Genetic identification system
02/22/05

6,857,210 Genetic identification system
  Issued: February 22, 2005
  Filed: May 8, 2003
  U.S. Class: 40/124.06
Abstract:  A genetic identification card having read only memory (ROM) for storing identity related information, a microcircuit, a magnetic recordable strip and an incorporated capsule adapted for storing a biological sample of the individual. The card is waterproof and may include a laminated or printed photograph, developed fingerprint, point of contact telephone number, magnetic recordable strip, and capsule containing a sample of biological origin. The identification system facilitates the production of a permanent identification card containing information necessary to positively identify a human being. The system will also include a means to check and verify the identity of the card owner through DNA sampling and testing.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:37:59 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Per Pixel Patent of the Day goes to WebTV Networks Inc. of Mountain View for Adaptively deinterlacing video on a per pixel basis
02/22/05

6,859,235 Adaptively deinterlacing video on a per pixel basis
  Issued: February 22, 2005
  Filed: May 14, 2001
  U.S. Class: 348/448
Abstract:  Adaptive deinterlacing of interlaced video to generate a progressive frame on a per pixel basis. Two consecutive fields of interlaced video are converted into a frame of progressive video. One of the fields is replicated to generate half the lines in the progressive frame. Each of the pixels in the other half of the progressive frame are generated pixel-by-pixel. For a given output position of the pixel in the other half of the progressive frame, a correlation is estimated between the corresponding pixel in the non-replicated field and at least one vertically adjacent pixel of the replicated field, and optionally one or more vertically adjacent pixels in the non-replicated fields. Also, three consecutive input fields of interlaced video may be converted into two output fields of interlaced video on a per pixel basis taking into consideration differences in the consecutive input fields.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:37:10 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Corporate Strategy Patent of the Day goes to Case Strategy LLP of New Hampshire for a Diagnostic method and apparatus for business growth strategy
02/22/05

6,859,875 Diagnostic method and apparatus for business growth strategy
  Issued: February 22, 2005
  Filed: January 11, 2001
  U.S. Class: 705/10
Abstract:  A method and apparatus for quantitatively determining the optimal mix of strategies to drive growth (i.e., in company profits). The growth strategy mix includes a reenergize component, an adjacency component and a transformation component. Company data of companies exhibiting successful growth is obtained. From the obtained company data, a model that quantifies respective amounts of reenergizing activities, adjacency activities and transformation activities for different strategic growth mixes is defined. The model is applied to a given company such that respective quantitative amounts of a reenergize component, an adjacency component and a transformation component are defined and form a strategic growth mix for the given company. The invention may be computer implemented to provide an interactive questionnaire for quantitatively determining a growth strategy mix. A non-electronic questionnaire implementation provides a calculation tool of the present invention as well.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:36:11 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
02/22/05
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Reissue Applications Filed
02/22/05
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:09:41 am into the following categories: OG Notice Links

Patent Case Against NEC Dismissed
02/22/05

Sughrue Mion, PLLC, a global intellectual property law firm, today announced that a U.S. District Court judge has dismissed in its entirety a claim by Tony Colida against Sughrue's client NEC USA, Inc. (NEC), for patent infringement in the design of NEC's Model 515 cellular phones. In a summary judgment ruling, Judge Richard J. Holwell of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found the design patents from Mr. Colida were "strikingly dissimilar" to the overall appearance of NEC's phone and stated that "no reasonable juror could find infringement" of either of Mr. Colida's two patents. "We are pleased with the Court's decision and to come away with a successful defense for NEC," said Howard L. Bernstein, a partner at Sughrue working on the NEC case.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:21:29 am into the following categories: In The News

Medtronic loses patent infringement case
02/22/05

Medtronic Inc. announced Friday that a Delaware jury ruled against the company in a patent infringement case with Guidant Corp. The jury found that Minneapolis-based Medtronic's S7 and Driver stents infringe on Indianapolis-based Guidant's Lau stent patents. Medtronic has a manufacturing plant in Fort Worth that employs 200 and makes powered surgical instruments. The Fort Worth plant does not make the stents at issue in the patent case.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:02:51 am into the following categories: In The News

Rambus Destroyed Evidence, Lawyer for Infineon Says
02/22/05

Rambus Inc., a designer of high-speed computer memory chips, destroyed documents knowing that competitors would need them to defend against the company's patent infringement lawsuits, a lawyer told a federal judge today. The lawyer, John Desmarais, is representing German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG in a retrial of a patent infringement case initiated by Rambus before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Payne in Richmond, Virginia. Desmarais presented video-taped witness testimony that he said supports Infineon's defense. ``We are confident that the hearing will help to clarify and determine the facts surrounding Rambus's document destruction, false statements made under oath and other litigation misconduct,'' Infineon spokesman Sawato Das said. Earlier this month Payne said he wouldn't rule on Infineon's motion to dismiss Rambus's lawsuit until he heard testimony from witnesses about Infineon's ``serious charges'' that Rambus purposely destroyed documents and then made misrepresentations in court to ensure that chip companies couldn't challenge its patents.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:01:50 am into the following categories: In The News
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