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The Crowd Control Patent of the Day goes to Omnitek Partners LLC of Long Island for Deployable bullets having a tranquilizer
06/19/07

7,231,875 Deployable bullets having a tranquilizer
  Issued: June 19, 2007
  Filed: November 25, 2005
  U.S. Class: 102/502
First Claim:  A method for non-lethal crowd and personal protection, the method comprising: firing one or more non-lethal bullets towards a person; deploying portions on the one or more non-lethal bullets prior to impacting the person to decrease its impact pressure on the person; and releasing a tranquilizer to the person, which is exposed by the deployment of the portions.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:47:39 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The GeoDoc Patent of the Day goes to TrueLocal Inc. of Ontario for a Method and apparatus for providing geographically authenticated electronic documents
06/19/07

7,233,942 Method and apparatus for providing geographically authenticated electronic documents
  Issued: June 19, 2007
  Filed: July 15, 2003
  U.S. Class: 707/3
Abstract:  A method and apparatus for providing geographically authenticated electronic documents is disclosed. Authentication for attributes for an electronic document stored on a computer network are defined, the attributes comprise at least one attribute describing a geographic location associated with the electronic document. Authenticated attributes (e.g., geographic location) of electronic documents (e.g., Web pages) allow for more accurate geographic searching and filtering. An authenticated digital certificate is created and associated with an electronic document. The authenticated digital certificate can be stored within the electronic document, such as can be done with HTML tags on a Web page. The digital certificate can also be stored as a separate file associated with the electronic document, as a separate signed digital certificate and as a database record.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:47:06 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Interactive Delivery Patent of the Day goes to United Parcel Service of America, Inc. of Atlanta for a Parcel or service delivery with partially scheduled time windows
06/19/07

7,233,907 Parcel or service delivery with partially scheduled time windows
  Issued: June 19, 2007
  Filed: August 7, 2002
  U.S. Class: 705/8
Abstract:  A delivery scheduling system that is configured for scheduling the delivery of an item or service from a sender to an intended recipient. After receiving a signal indicating that, for example, a particular package is to be delivered to an intended recipient, the system attempts to establish interactive contact with the recipient either by direct contact with the recipient, or by leaving the recipient a message to establish direct contact with the system at a convenient time. Upon establishing contact with the recipient, the system allows the intended recipient to schedule delivery of the package. More particularly, the recipient may schedule the package to be delivered: (1) within a particular time window; (2) before or after a particular time of day; or (3) on a particular day.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:46:36 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Reissue Applications Filed - 6/19/2007
06/19/07
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 6/19/2007
06/19/07
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LG Electronics to countersue Hitachi over patents
06/19/07

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will file a counter-lawsuit against Hitachi Ltd., its U.S. unit and a flat-panel joint venture, claiming the Japanese company infringed on patents related to LG's plasma displays. The patent infringement and damage compensation lawsuit will be filed in a U.S. district court in the U.S. state of Texas later Monday, LG Electronics said in a statement. Hitachi officials weren't immediately available for comment. LG said its complaint alleges Hitachi, its U.S. unit and Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd., a joint venture with Japan's Fujitsu Ltd., infringed on seven LG patents. The South Korean company is a major manufacturer of plasma display panels used in flat screen televisions. LG's lawsuit follows a similar suit that Hitachi filed against LG Electronics and its U.S. unit in the same court.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:35:00 am into the following categories: In The News

Nintendo served with Wii patent infringment lawsuit
06/19/07

The Associated Press on Mon. reported that a Texas-based company has sued Nintendo Co. for patent infringement in the design of its popular Wii video game system.
Lonestar Inventions seeks damages and an injunctin against Nintendo using the patented technology. The company claims that a structure for capacitors that use parallel conducting strips appears in the Wii. According to the report, Lonestar has sued Texas Instruments and Broadcom over the same patent and won. Nintendo issued no comment on the lawsuit

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:33:44 am into the following categories: In The News

Taser wins patent suit against employee
06/19/07

Taser International Inc., a maker of electric shock weapons, said Friday a court ruled the company's former patent attorney must surrender any claims he has or may have to patents related to Taser's weapons. Taser had sued Thomas Watkins III for alleged breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud and breach of contract. Previously, the court had said Watkins represented Taser without letting the company know about interests he had that were adverse to the company, and, as a result, Taser was harmed.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:32:29 am into the following categories: In The News

OFS Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Draka Comteq
06/19/07

Furukawa Electric North America, Inc. (“FENA”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary OFS Fitel LLC, (“OFS”), a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of leading edge fiber optic products, announced today the commencement of federal litigation against Draka Comteq, Inc. (“Draka Comteq”) alleging that the North Carolina-based company infringes several U.S. patents related to single-mode and multi-mode optical fiber, processes for making optical fiber, and optical fiber cables. The complaint, filed on June 11, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, accuses Draka Comteq of offering, distributing, selling and importing optical fiber and other products that infringe several U.S. patents, and seeks unspecified monetary damages from Draka Comteq as well as a permanent injunction barring the importation and sale of Draka Comteq's core suite of optical fiber based products.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:31:36 am into the following categories: In The News
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