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Nobel Prize winning patents?!...Er…not exactly!
Come October and the scientific community will be geared up for the announcement of Nobel Prizes. In the same vein or rather the other way around, is another event that scientists, especially those with a sense of humor, look forward to. It is the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, which is a kind of spoof on Nobel Prizes.
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Arbutus Biopharma's new patent on Lipid Nanoparticles for delivering Nucleic Acids
Arbutus Biopharma, formerly Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation was issued a patent numbered US9404127 and titled, “Non-liposomal systems for nucleic acid delivery” on Aug 2, 2016. Arbutus Biopharma with a primary focus on Hepatitis B infection also addresses RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics and lipid nanoparticle technology.
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USPTO’S new initiative to boost cancer research - “Cancer immunotherapy pilot program”
The Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program is a one year program that was implemented on June 29, 2016 by the USPTO for accelerated examination of patent applications directed to cancer immunotherapy. This pilot program is an offshoot of the “National Moonshot Initiative” ...
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Understanding the Claims
Claim construction is a premier step for securing an invention. They should be constructed with clarity and responsibility to minimize or avoid objections in the examination stage. The exclusive right granted to the patent can only be defined by the patent claims. The patent claims consume the maximum chunk of the time frame allocated for a complete specification.
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196th Macro Acquisition by Microsoft
Microsoft, the American Multinational Technology Company is all in the news for its biggest acquisition of LinkedIn. Microsoft has numerous acquisitions till date with a total of 196 acquisitions. Its first acquisition started in 1987 with an average of six companies per year.
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One Touch Home Brewing
Everything is digitalized in the present world, so is the brewing process. Home Brewing machines are box full of technology inventions which attract the patent lovers to explore. Everything runs on the app, it discovers the recipes based on the individual’s taste and preference. It also monitors every phase on the smartphone from mashing stage to fermentation stage.
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Understanding the Invention - Specification
An inventor is the best person to describe one’s disclosure. What matters is how well the disclosure is comprehendible by a person who wants to know and understand the invention in a simple way. A written description of an invention disclosure to explain the invention is needed. The description is to be simple, comprehendible, technical and within the legal framework.
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Freaky patents: not for the soft-hearted
Prometheus brings you some <strong>freaky patents that are not for the soft-hearted </strong>with a few of them verging to the point of cruelty. The following are our previous articles in the series of freaky patents: <a href="http://www.prometheusip.com/blog/patents/freaky-patents-for-the-fashion-freaks">Freaky patents: for the fashion freaks</a> <a href="http://www.prometheusip.com/blog/patents/freaky-patents-some-seriously-funny-patents">Freaky patents: Some seriously funny patents</a> <a href="http://www.prometheusip.com/blog/patents/freaky-patents-for-the-lazy-crazy">Freaky patents: for the lazy crazy</a>
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Choosing right "Logo" for Branding
A Picture speaks a thousand words, but Logos do something more, they define the firm better than anything. It is a symbol created for the purpose of identification. These are simple to look at but have a deep hidden meaning in them. These Logos need a lot of creativity and imagination to design them.
Continue readingGeneral Motors gets Indian patent related to powertrain technology
General Motors has secured an Indian patent on a hybrid powertrain control system for vehicles. The patent rights are currently assigned to Daimler AG, Chrysler…
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