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The Green Card Patent of the Day goes to International Business Machines Corporation of Armonk for a Method, system, and product for facilitating international travel with respect to immigration
01/17/06

6,988,073 Method, system, and product for facilitating international travel with respect to immigration
  Issued: January 17, 2006
  Filed: May 10, 2001
  U.S. Class: 705/1
Abstract:  Method, system, and product for facilitating international travel, including creating, in response to a signal from an internet-enabled device coupled for data communications through an internet to an international travel server, a travel record to be stored within the international travel server; creating in dependence upon the travel record, an immigration admissions form for the destination country; and submitting the immigration admissions form to an immigration admission forms database for the destination country.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:13:56 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Smart Grip Patent of the Day goes to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. of Netherlands for a Motor-kinetic identification apparatus and method
01/17/06

6,987,442 Motor-kinetic identification apparatus and method
  Issued: January 17, 2006
  Filed: June 28, 2002
  U.S. Class: 340/5.82
Abstract:  A motor-kinetic identification apparatus includes a pliant material, a source of a magnetic field embedded in the pliant material and a magneto metric element embedded in the material. The pliant is adapted to be gripped by a user. The pliant material has a normally biased rest shape and the shape becomes deformed upon the material being gripped. The magnetic field has a field contour dependent on said shape of said material. The magneto metric element is disposed within the field and has a detectable state commensurate with the magnetic field contour.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:13:20 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Style Patent of the Day goes to Microsoft Corporation of Redmond for Determining similarity between artists and works of artists
01/17/06

6,987,222 Determining similarity between artists and works of artists
  Issued: January 17, 2006
  Filed: September 29, 2003
  U.S. Class: 84/615
Abstract:  A method of determining a numerical value of similarity as between a pair of artists is set forth. In the method, for each artist, a list of artist style values is calculated, where each artist style value is representative of a style of the artist and a weight of such style as exhibited by such artist. A set of style similarity values is also calculated, where each style similarity value sets forth a relative similarity as between two styles. Thereafter, based on the list of artist style values for each artist and the calculated set of style similarity values, a style list comparison similarity score is calculated to represent a relative similarity of the styles of the pair of artists.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:12:32 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 1/17/2006
01/17/06
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Korean Intellectual Property Office to Act as International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO - 1/17/2006
01/17/06
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Sun Microsystems seeks $109 million in patent-infringement suit
01/17/06

Sun Microsystems' data-management group is seeking $109 million from competitor Quantum Corp. in a patent-infringement case set to go to trial next month in Denver. The companies are fighting over technology that Louisville-based Storage Technology Corp., which was acquired last year by Sun, and San Jose, Calif.-based Quantum developed separately in the 1990s. The technology makes the companies' data-storage systems more efficient by allowing information to be recorded on the back of storage tapes. A seven- to eight-day trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 27 before U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch. Sun said in a filing last month that there is "some possibility of settlement" in the case. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said in that filing that Quantum owes it $109 million in royalties for infringing on its patents.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:40:06 am into the following categories: In The News

Rambus renews lawsuit against Micron
01/17/06

A Delaware judge has lifted a stay in an ongoing lawsuit between Rambus and Micron Technologies, allowing Rambus to file new claims and to proceed in its patent infringement suit against the Boise, Idaho, memory chip maker. The two companies have been engaged in the dispute since 2000, but the case was stayed by the court in 2002 pending a related appeals court decision. Now, with the case proceeding, Rambus has filed new claims that cover Micron's newer DDR2 (double data rate, second generation) and GDDR (graphics double data rate) products, the company said in a statement. The case is being tried in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:39:01 am into the following categories: In The News

Mystic Tan Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit
01/17/06

Mystic Tan, Inc. announced on Jan. 11 a settlement in the patent infringement case filed in February 2005 against California Tan, Inc. and New Tan, Inc. The settlement included Mystic Tan granting California Tan and New Tan a license to make, sell and use their AutoBronzer Spray Tanning Towers in the United States for an undisclosed fee. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,387,081, a patent covering MagneTan technology developed and owned by Mystic Tan. Both Mystic Tan and California Tan released statements announcing they are pleased with the outcome of the settlement.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:36:56 am into the following categories: In The News

Primex Wireless Vigorously Pursues Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Visiplex
01/17/06

Primex Wireless, Inc., the world leader in GPS wireless synchronized clock, timing and control systems, today announced it continues to aggressively litigate a patent infringement lawsuit against Visiplex Technologies, Inc., which is pending in Federal District Court in Wisconsin. The lawsuit, originally filed in August 2005, alleges infringement of Primex Wireless' United States patent (#6,873,573) pertaining to wireless GPS-based synchronized timing systems. Primex Wireless is seeking damages for the infringement and a permanent injunction barring further manufacture, sale and use of the accused products.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:32:33 am into the following categories: In The News
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