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05/09/06
7,040,236 Environmentally-friendly training hand grenade and manufacturing method of the same
Issued: May 9, 2006
Filed: October 5, 2004
U.S. Class: 102/498
Abstract: Disclosed is an environmentally-friendly training hand grenade and a method of manufacturing the same. The training hand grenade is advantageous in that it is not necessary to recover fragments, generated by the explosion of the training hand grenade after use, because a bomb body of the training hand grenade is made of naturally degradable mineral matters, such as barite, tungsten, silica, and yellow earth, thereby many soldiers may be trained for a relatively short time using the training hand grenade. Furthermore, the training hand grenade is made of environmentally-friendly materials, and thus, its use is conducted without causing pollution. In addition, the training hand grenade is made of the mineral matters, thereby ensuring high explosiveness and explosive sound effect when the training hand grenade is exploded, and preventing soldiers from being injured by the fragments in use. Moreover, the training hand grenade has almost the same weight as a hand grenade for live battle, leading to the simplification of the manufacture of the training hand-grenade to improve productivity. Accordingly, the manufacturing costs of the training hand grenade are largely reduced, which contributes to reducing prices of the training hand grenade.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:01:47 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day
05/09/06
7,043,433 Method and apparatus to determine and use audience affinity and aptitude
Issued: May 9, 2006
Filed: September 16, 1999
U.S. Class: 704/270
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for determining audience affinity and/or aptitude in portions of media works and for developing information that represent measures of the audience affinity and/or aptitude. Further embodiments of present invention provide method and apparatus for utilizing the information to create altered media works and/or to present the altered media works to an audience. One embodiment of the present invention is a method for inferring audience affinity or aptitude with regard to content or properties of portions of a media work which includes: (a) presenting the media work to an audience; (b) obtaining user input regarding presentation rates for the portions of the media work; (c) correlating content or properties of the portion with the presentation rates; and; (d) associating audience affinity or aptitude with the correlated content or properties.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:01:16 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day
05/09/06
7,042,526 Worldwide television tuning system with country code based tuning
Issued: May 9, 2006
Filed: April 8, 1998
U.S. Class: 348/731
Abstract: A worldwide television tuning system is configurable to the television standards and channel frequencies of multiple different countries based on a country's ITU long-distance country code. The tuning system maintains a country code table listing a plurality of countries according to their ITU codes. The tuning system also maintains multiple channel-to-frequency mapping tables that correlate channel numbers to corresponding frequencies for associated countries in the country table. The country table indexes the channel-to-frequency mapping tables. During configuration, a user or application selects a particular country by passing in the ITU code. The tuning system uses the ITU code to locate an entry for that country in the country code table. The table entry contains an index to an associated channel-to-frequency mapping table for the selected country. The tuning system loads and saves the channel-to-frequency mapping table for subsequent use. The channel-to-frequency table also identifies the appropriate television standard for the selected country. During tuning, the user or application enters a particular channel number. The tuning system uses the channel number to lookup a corresponding television frequency in the channel-to-frequency table. The tuning system then tunes to the television frequency. The tuning system stores a set of tuning frequencies for corresponding channels within a particular locale. If the tuning system is transported to another locale and then back to the original locale, the tuning frequencies may be retrieved from memory to restore operation within the original locale, rather than having to reconfigure the system.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:00:46 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day
05/09/06
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05/09/06
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05/09/06
A federal jury Thursday announced a verdict favouring Ariad Pharmaceuticals in its patent infringement suit against Eli Lily & Co. A district court in Boston awarded Ariad Pharmaceuticals, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Harvard University and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research compensation worth $65.2 million. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Ariad Pharmaceuticals had accused Eli Lily of infringing its patent covering any medical treatment targeting the human body’s molecular pathway. Ariad Pharmaceuticals said Eli Lily’s osteoporosis drug, Evista, and septic shock drug, Xigris, interact with a naturally occurring protein, NF-KB, in the human body. Eli Lily had in turn argued that Ariad Pharmaceuticals’ patent was invalid, since it covered a naturally occurring phenomenon.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:41:47 am into the following categories: In The News
05/09/06
Xerox Corp. filed suit this week against competitor Sharp Corp., accusing the Japanese company of infringing on patents related to its copiers, printers and multifunction machines. The 14-page lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas, accuses Osaka, Japan-based Sharp and its U.S. subsidiary of infringing on nine patents. The suit doesn't name which specific products violate the patents, and Xerox spokeswoman Christa Carone would not detail which machines are involved. "This is a lawsuit that's about Xerox protecting our valuable intellectual property, something we take very seriously," Carone said. She declined additional comment. The patents cover areas including paper feeders, faxing functions, control devices and software for xerographic devices, the lawsuit said.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:40:42 am into the following categories: In The News
05/09/06
Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Thursday it has filed suit against Conor Medsystems Ireland Ltd., alleging patent infringement. Boston Scientific said a Conor product infringes on a balloon catheter patent that it owns, and is asking for damages and for an injunction to prohibit Conor from making or stocking the product in Ireland. Conor officials couldn't immediately be reached for comment. Boston Scientific said it has successfully asserted a corollary patent against Johnson & Johnson in the Netherlands.
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