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The Haptic Heart Patent of the Day goes to Immersion Medical Inc. of Maryland for a Haptic interface for palpation simulation
04/10/07

7,202,851 Haptic interface for palpation simulation
  Issued: April 10, 2007
  Filed: May 4, 2001
  U.S. Class: 345/146
Abstract:  A palpation simulator comprises an interface for interfacing a user with a computer running a palpation simulation. The computer generates a graphical environment comprising a cursor and a graphical representation of at least a portion of a living body. In one version, a method comprises providing an object in communication with the computer, controlling the cursor in relation to manipulation of at least a portion of the object by the user, and outputting a haptic sensation to the user when the cursor interacts with a region within the graphical representation to provide the user with haptic feedback related to a simulated palpation of the region.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:24:01 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Epidemic Detection Patent of the Day goes to Lucent Technologies Inc. of New Jersey for a Method and system for detecting an atypical occurrence within a telecommunications network
04/10/07

7,203,289 Method and system for detecting an atypical occurrence within a telecommunications network
  Issued: April 10, 2007
  Filed: July 25, 2003
  U.S. Class: 379/112.06
Abstract:  A method for detecting an atypical occurrence, such as a public health crisis, within a given region in a telecommunications network. The method includes assigning a given weight to each of a plurality of destination addresses within the region according to a weighting system, collecting call data for the region for a given period of time, where the call data includes destination addresses and corresponding call occurrence times, developing a weighted call traffic pattern based upon the call data, and using the weighted call traffic pattern to detect an atypical occurrence within the region.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:23:33 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Matchmaker Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Mountain View for a Method and system to connect and match users in an electronic dating service
04/10/07

7,203,674 Method and system to connect and match users in an electronic dating service
  Issued: April 10, 2007
  Filed: Febrary 15, 2002
  U.S. Class: 707/3
Abstract:  Described herein is a method and system for connecting and matching users in an electronic dating service. In one embodiment of the invention, subscribers, or users, of the dating service are connected for a brief duration of time. During that time the users have a date, or more specifically, a real-time conversation. After the real-time conversation, the users are disconnected from each other and separately asked if they enjoyed the date, or in other words if they felt a mutual attraction, and if they would like to have further contact with each other. If both users respond affirmatively then they are allowed further contact with each other.

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04/10/07
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 4/10/2007
04/10/07
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Nokia Pays Qualcomm $20M for Licenses
04/10/07

Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia Corp. Thursday said it will pay $20 million to chipset maker Qualcomm Inc. to cover patent licenses in the second-quarter of 2007. The companies have been embroiled in a series of lawsuits against each other concerning intellectual property rights and patent infringements, but Nokia says Thursday's payment is unrelated to those disputes. It says it's willing to pay fees for this new license, which relates to the European Telecommunication Standardization Institute.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:52:23 am into the following categories: In The News

Toshiba Sues 17 Companies Over DVD Patent Infringement
04/10/07

Toshiba today said that it filed a formal complaint on April 6 with the International Trade Commission against 17 manufacturers and importers of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products, as a means to halt the alleged infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents. Toshiba's filing requests that the ITC prohibit the importation into the United States of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products by the companies named in the complaint. In a related move, Toshiba also filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on the same day, seeking damages resulting from claimed infringement of Toshiba's DVD patents by the same 17 companies. Companies named in the lawsuit include Daewoo Electronics America; Dongguan GVG Digital Technology; Dongguan GVG Digital Technology Holdings; Dongguan Xin Lian Digital Technology; GVG Digital Technology Holdings; jWIN Electronics; Memcorp; Star Light Electronics; Starlight International Holdings; Starlight Marketing; Tonic Digital Products; Tonic DVB Marketing; Tonic Electronics; Tonic Industries Holdings; Tonic Technology Limited; Tonic Technology; and Tonic Trading Development.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:51:33 am into the following categories: In The News

Reebok sues Nike over patented 'collapsible shoe technology'
04/10/07

THE intense competition in the world of sports trainers just got even more cutthroat, when Reebok International sued rival Nike, claiming that it stole its 'collapsible shoe technology'. The innovative technology allows trainers to be rolled up and stuffed into a suitcase or a handbag. The Boston Globe reported that Reebok alleged that Nike had used the technology in 11 trainers from their Nike Free range. Reebok first applied for a patent for its 'collapsible shoe technology' in 2002, and got it on 30 Jan this year. The patent describes the invention as a shoe made from a flexible sole and upper material that can 'be rolled, folded or collapsed on itself' in order to be easily stored or carried in luggage. In its patent application, Reebok said that it wants to sell these shoes in vending machines at airports, train stations or hotels.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:48:49 am into the following categories: In The News

Bayer Sues Teva Pharma for Patent Infringement
04/10/07

Bayer HealthCare AG has sued Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. for patent infringement over Teva's plans to sell a generic version of its antibiotic Avelox, according to court documents on Thursday. Bayer's action arises out of Teva's move to seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and sell a generic version of the drug, according to the suit filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware.

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