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The Foot Holder Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Taiwan for a Rug bed cloth structure for assisting in holding a user's legs in a fixed position
04/05/05

6,874,180 Rug bed cloth structure for assisting in holding a user's legs in a fixed position
  Issued: April 5, 2005
  Filed: December 18, 2002
  U.S. Class: 5/486
Abstract:  A rug bed cloth structure is provided to assist in fixing a user's legs in a position. One end of the rug bed cloth is formed with a lattice net structure. The opposing end of the rug bed cloth is adapted to be secured to a spring bed. Using the lattice net to increase frictional resistance, it will provide action and reaction points for the user's legs, toes or fore part of the user's feet and prevent slipping. Another embodiment has a plurality of soft strips of material affixed on the upper side of the rug bed cloth. The strips of material form rings to support the user's feet.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:18:37 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Pay to Play Patent of the Day goes to Overture Services, Inc. of Pasadena for a Method and apparatus for identifying related searches in a database search system
04/05/05

6,876,997 Method and apparatus for identifying related searches in a database search system
  Issued: April 5, 2005
  Filed: May 22, 2000
  U.S. Class: 707/3
Abstract:  A method of generating a search result list also provides related searches for use by a searcher. Search listings which generate a match with a search request submitted by the searcher are identified in a pay for placement database which includes a plurality of search listings. Related search listings contained in a related search database generated from the pay for placement database are identified as relevant to the search request. A search result list is returned to the searcher including the identified search listings and one or more of the identified search listings.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:17:44 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Key Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Long Beach for a 92 key piano
04/05/05

6,875,909 92 key piano
  Issued: April 5, 2005
  Filed: November 8, 2002
  U.S. Class: 84/174
Abstract:  A versatile, high performance grand piano includes a keyboard having 92 keys thereon as opposed to the conventional 88 keys found on most pianos. Furthermore, each key hammer strikes four dedicated strings as opposed to the three shared strings found on conventional pianos. The string construction eliminates the need for string sets to be shared with adjacent keys so that tuning or breakage of a string only affects a single key as opposed to adjacent keys.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:16:20 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 4/5/2005
04/05/05
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Ex Parte Appeals - 4/5/2005
04/05/05
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MOSAID suffers setback in Infineon case
04/05/05

Investors knocked more than 20 per cent off the shares of MOSAID Technologies during early trading Monday, after the company reported a setback in its patent infringement lawsuit against Infineon Technologies. In a summary decision, a court in New Jersey ruled that Infineon's accused products do not infringe on six MOSAID patents. The court did not issue a ruling on a seventh patent claim. The court also moved to limit MOSAID's potential for collecting damages, by ruling that the company can only seek damages for the period prior to filing the lawsuit for products that were specifically identified in the letters notifying Infineon of infringement. MOSAID executives admit they were taken by surprise by the ruling.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:47:31 am into the following categories: In The News

Broadwing to pay Ciena $35 million
04/05/05

Broadwing Communications, which changed its name from Corvis last year, has agreed to pay Ciena $35 million to settle a five year old patent infringement lawsuit. Linthicum-based Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), which makes fiber optic equipment, filed a suit against Corvis, based in Columbia, in 2000. A jury sided with Ciena and a judge ordered Corvis to stop selling products that infringed on two Ciena patents. Corvis later appealed. The settlement ends a long court fight between two companies that were once rivals but now do business with each other. In fact, terms of the settlement allow for Broadwing to use up to $33 million of the settlement as credits toward Ciena equipment and services.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:42:28 am into the following categories: In The News

Bio-Rad unit to pay extra $15M in patent case
04/05/05

A U.S. court has ordered MJ Research, a division of Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., to pay an additional $15 million in damages to competitors Roche Molecular Systems and Applied Biosystems for infringing on patents. The decision brings the total amount MJ Research must pay to about $35 million. The ruling comes a year after a jury concluded that MJ Research "willfully" infringed patents related to polymerase chain reaction and awarded $19.8 million in damages, Applied Biosystems said Monday. The U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn. also dismissed all of MJ Research's antitrust counterclaims against Applied and Roche.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:41:09 am into the following categories: In The News
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