Official Gazette Notices for 25 May 2004
Monthly Archives: May 2004
Microsoft FAT patent to be Reexamined by the USPTO
In this week’s OG notices was an Ex Parte Reexamination request for U.S. Patent No. 5,579,517. The patent, entitled “Common Name Space for Long and Short Filenames” is owned by Microsoft (MS). The Reexam was requested by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT). A press release dated April 16, 2004 from PUBPAT details [...]
Patent lawyers are slammed by insurance rates – 2004-05-17 – Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
Interesting, hard hitting article from the Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) about what is often a patent attorney’s greatest yearly office expense…Patent lawyers are slammed by insurance rates
Biotech/Chemical Practice CLE
I’m going to the June 11, 2004 AIPLA CLE on “Advanced Biotechnology and Chemical Patent Practice” in Seattle. If any of you are going as well…let me know (nipper@dykaslaw.com). Maybe we can grab a cup of coffee…
TGIF: What not to do at a deposition
N.Y. Lawyer Fined for Barking at Witness
PDF Patent Toolbar Link
The pat2pdf.com site now has a easy to add bookmark for your browser’s toolbar that allows you to easily snag pdf copies of patents as you are patent searching on the USTPO site. See: Quick Patent PDF Maker
Google Gmail beaten to the punch?
Internetnews.com reporting that Google has a pending patent application (filed June 2, 2003) for serving up ads with email service (i.e., their new Gmail email service), BUT Salt Lake City, Utah based Sponster beat them to the punch (filed April 5, 2002), winning the race to the Patent Office for the concept.
A copy of the [...]
Knoll Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Fed. Cir.)
Knoll Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Federal Circuit, May 19, 2004 [Newman, Archer, & Prost]
Product: Vicoprofen®
“In this patent litigation between Knoll Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. and The John and Lois Arnold Family Limited Liability Partnership (collectively “Knoll”) and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (”Teva”), Knoll appeals the summary judgment of invalidity of United [...]
Writing off patent donations
Patently Obvious blog on “Charitable Contributions of Patents and other Intellectual Property”
My previous posts:
IPO on keeping tax deductions for patent donations
Donating Patents to Charities
This Week’s OG
Official Gazette Notices for 18 May 2004. Usual information plus:
Requests for Ex Parte Reexaminations
5,556,772, Title: NOVEL POLYMERASE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR
USE THEREOF, Inventor: Joseph A. Sorge, et. al., Owners of Record:
Stratagene, Requester: Kate H. Murashige, Morrison & Foerster, LLP.
5,804,329, Title: ELECTROCONVERSION CELL, Inventor: Steven
Amendola, Owner of Record: Millennium Cell, Inc., Requester: Owner
5,876,961, Title: PRODUCTION OF [...]
