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The Look It's a Bird and a Plane Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Tampa for a Radio wave system for repelling birds from aircraft
09/12/06

7,106,216 Radio wave system for repelling birds from aircraft
  Issued: September 12, 2006
  Filed: August 26, 2003
  U.S. Class: 340/961
Abstract:  A radio wave system for repelling birds from aircraft that includes a directional radio wave transmitting rod, a frequency transmitter unit wired to the directional radio wave transmitting rod, and an activation switch in controlling connection with the frequency transmitting unit. The frequency transmitting unit generates and transmits radio wave signals, when the activation switch is in an on position, to the directional radio wave transmitting rod which emits a cone shaped radio wave signal in front of an aircraft. The cone shaped radio signal is emitted at a frequency detected by birds in flight which are deflected onto a flight path which avoids collisions between the birds and the aircraft.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:34:24 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Public Upsell Patent of the Day goes to Amazon.com, Inc. of Seattle for a Method and system for publicizing commercial transactions on a computer network
09/12/06

7,107,227 Method and system for publicizing commercial transactions on a computer network
  Issued: September 12, 2006
  Filed: March 29, 1999
  U.S. Class: 705/26
Abstract:  A computer method and system for publicizing commercial transactions. To publicize a commercial transaction, the system ("e-commerce system") receives a selection of a purchase transaction for a first item. The e-commerce system identifies an auction for a second item such that the second item is related to the first item. For example, the first item may be a kayak, and the second item may be a kayak cover. The e-commerce system then generates a display description (e.g., web page) that includes information for conducting the purchase transaction for the first item and that includes information relating to the auction for the second item. In this way, a user who views information relating to the purchase transaction can also view information relating to the auction.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:33:43 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Pseudo Name Patent of the Day goes to America Online, Inc. of Virginia for a Use of pseudonyms vs. real names
09/12/06

7,107,447 Use of pseudonyms vs. real names
  Issued: September 12, 2006
  Filed: April 17, 2003
  U.S. Class: 713/170
Abstract:  An apparatus and method is provided for allowing users to share services without sharing identities. Specifically, the apparatus and method allow users to share pseudonyms instead of actual user names, thus protecting both users from unwanted emails, IM messages, and the like. The invention provides an introduction scheme, which comprises a simple and secure way of establishing a user to user link. A preferred embodiment incorporates services of a linked federation network service, such as AOL's Liberty Alliance service, without exposing real user names to other users.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:32:54 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Reissue Applications Filed - 9/12/2006
09/12/06
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 9/12/2006
09/12/06
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3M sues Clorox, Sears over filtration patents
09/12/06

3M Co. is suing Colorox Co.'s Brita Products division and a unit of Sears Holdings Corp. over patents related to water purification systems. The patent is tied to a cartridge-based filtration system produced by 3M's subsidiary, CUNO Inc. 3M, which makes Aqua-Pure water filters, purchased CUNO in August of last year. The lawsuit asks a court to bar Sears from selling products that 3M believes infringe on its existing patents.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:21:57 am into the following categories: In The News

Court Directs Abbott To Pay Innogenetics $7 Mln As HCV Patent Infringement Damages
09/12/06

A Jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin unanimously determined that Abbott Laboratories willfully infringed Innogenetics U.S. Patent No. 5,846,704 which covered a method of genotyping the Hepatitis C Virus or HCV. The court directed Abbott to pay Innogenetics $7 million for infringement damages till date. Innogenetics said that the damages awarded might be increased up to three times since the jury specifically determined that Abbott infringed patent willfully. Innogenetics added that based on the strength of the verdict it would seek an injunction against Abbott diagnostic products that infringe its patent and also pursue other available remedies.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:20:42 am into the following categories: In The News

SAP is sued over patent infringement
09/12/06

I2 Technologies accused SAP of patent infringement in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. A maker of supply chain management (SCM) software, i2 claims that SAP has infringed seven patents granted between 1998 and 2006. The alleged patent infringements, listed in the lawsuit that i2 filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, relate to SCM models and tools in areas such as managing factory planning systems, negotiating and tracking the sale of goods and allocating manufactured product to sellers.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:19:47 am into the following categories: In The News

Cree files patent suit against BridgeLux
09/12/06

Cree Inc., a maker of semiconductor products and light-emitting diodes, said Monday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against BridgeLux Inc., seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief to prohibit further infringement. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, and deals with patents related to light extraction structures used in light-emitting diodes and semiconductor devices made using a gallium nitride-based buffer technology. One of the patents is owned by Boston University which licensed it to Cree on an exclusive basis. Boston University is a co-plaintiff in the suit.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:15:18 am into the following categories: In The News
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