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The Pass This Patent of the Day goes to RSA Security Inc. of Massachusetts for Robust visual passwords
05/15/07

7,219,368 Robust visual passwords
  Issued: May 15, 2007
  Filed: March 23, 2001
  U.S. Class: 726/2
Abstract:  Enrollment and authentication of a user based on a sequence of discrete graphical choices is described. A graphical interface presents various images and memory cues that a user may associate with their original graphical choices. Enrollment may require the input to have a security parameter value that meets or exceeds a threshold. An acceptable sequence of graphical choices is converted to a sequence of values and mapped to a sequence of codewords. Both a hash of the sequence of codewords and a sequence of offsets are stored for use in authenticating the user. An offset is the difference between a value and its corresponding codeword. Authentication requires the user to enter another sequence of discrete graphical choices that is approximately the same as original. The offsets are summed with the corresponding values before mapping to codewords. Authentication requires the sequence of codewords, or a hash thereof, to match.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:56:25 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Build A Better Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Minnesota for a Mouse trap
05/15/07

7,216,457 Mouse trap
  Issued: May 15, 2007
  Filed: February 10, 2006
  U.S. Class: 43/67
Abstract:  The disclosure is directed to a mouse trap for insertion through the opening in the top of a pop can. The trap is formed of one piece stainless spring steel and includes a can-engaging element affixed to a can-engaging clip for engaging opposed surfaces of the pop can top. An intermediate element is affixed to the can-engaging element and to support element which, in turn, is affixed to a bait support element. The trap obstructs the can opening when the trap is in the release or sprung position.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:55:56 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Audio Space Patent of the Day goes to The Boeing Company of Chicago for Synthetically generated sound cues
05/15/07

7,218,240 Synthetically generated sound cues
  Issued: May 15, 2007
  Filed: August 10, 2004
  U.S. Class: 340/692
Abstract:  Communication systems and apparatus to allow a user to perceive the relative spatial location or present position of other elements of interest in a control space, such as the location of a speaker participating in a telephone conference or that of an aircraft carrier to a remotely piloted vehicle on final approach. The system inserts synthetic sound cues into the communication to the user that represent the relative postion(s). In one embodiment, the user will perceive the communication as though it were communicated through free space to the user from the relative position of the represented source, so that, for example, the squad leader will perceive his wingman to be at his immediate left. Methods of conveying relative position sound cues are also provided.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:55:22 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 5/15/2007
05/15/07
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:32:38 am into the following categories: OG Notice Links

Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
05/15/07
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:31:27 am into the following categories: OG Notice Links

Amazon Pays Off IBM to Settle Patent-Infringement Suit
05/15/07

Online retailer Amazon.com and IBM settled all their patent-infringement lawsuits and signed a long-term patent cross-license agreement, the companies said Tuesday. Under the deal, Amazon.com will pay International Business Machines Corp. an undisclosed amount of money, and each company will shares some of their technology. Amazon.com Inc. spokeswoman Patty Smith said the settlement will not affect financial results and that Amazon.com has already factored the money into its financial guidance for the second quarter and full fiscal year.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:08:09 am into the following categories: In The News

Edwards Files Patent Suit Vs. CoreValve
05/15/07

Heart valve maker Edwards Lifesciences Corp. said Thursday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against CoreValve Inc. The lawsuit seeks relief for alleged infringement of a patent used in Edwards' transcatheter heart valve technology. Edwards said the patent is co-owned by Dr. Henning Rud Andersen of Aarhus, Denmark, and his colleagues, who licensed it in 1993 to Heartport Inc., now a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:06:40 am into the following categories: In The News

Court rules against Teva in patent suit
05/15/07

Israeli generic drug developer Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Friday a court ruled against it in a patent dispute with Eisai Co's over the heartburn drug Aciphex. The US District Court for the Southern District of New York upheld Eisai's patent on the drug, Teva said. Eisai sued Israel-based Teva in 2003 over its plans for a generic version of Aciphex. Teva had received Food and Drug Administration approval for the generic version.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:05:45 am into the following categories: In The News

Acer Files Lawsuit Against ODM Partners
05/15/07

Taiwan's Acer Inc. blamed three of its PC contract manufacturing partners for a patent infringement lawsuit filed in the U.S. by Hewlett-Packard Co. Acer, the world's third-largest computer vendor, has filed a lawsuit against its Taiwan ODM partners: Quanta Computer Inc., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., and Wistron Corp. As an ODM partner of Acer, the firms are not allowed to make products for HP using Acer's patents and vice versa, a spokesperson for Acer said. Quanta said it would cooperate accordingly with Acer on the case. Hon Hai and Wistron could not be immediately reached for comment.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:44 am into the following categories: In The News
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