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Patent of Addition - An Overview
Once an innovation/invention is attained, there is always scope for improvements/modifications based on the industrial feedback or as a natural consequence of ingenuity to attain the technical edge, reduce time involved to obtain the end result thereby contributing to technological progress and resulting in improved monetizing and/or licensing prospects.
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Neuralink - The Future Brain
At the cellular level, all our senses keep ticking along neural pathways from one neuron to another in a series of electrochemical spikes and neurons connect with each other through their various tendrils. These connect with each other over tiny gaps called synapses. And they communicate between these gaps by firing ion signals along with tiny amounts of electricity. These are called action potentials. The ability to hear, communicate or see when they are not able to is actually a beautiful idea and that’s what Neuralink is doing.
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Invention-Con 2019
Invention-Con 2019 was held on September 13-14, at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Va. The agenda involved topics of interest to inventors and entrepreneurs. The speakers shared their experiences of bringing their ideas to the market. An overview of IPR and resources required to assist the applicants were discussed. The convention was about giving practical advice on navigating the Intellectual property process and strategies to protect them.
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A study on Accelerated Patent Examinations in USA
Accelerated examination refers to the provision to fast-track patent applications to obtain patents for their inventions in different patent jurisdictions. The procedure to get a patent is tedious involving a great deal of intellectual and budgetary endeavors. Most often, Applicants look forward to avenues that can reduce this time in order to enjoy their IP rights. Accelerated examination in different geographical jurisdictions have different criteria and administrative requirements that need to be satisfied for a successful outcome.
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Patent Claims and Specifications- Important for patent drafting
While drafting the patent claims, one needs to consider the scope, characteristics, and structure of the claims. Claims include independent claims and dependent claims, where all the independent claims should be presented covering the broadest scope of the invention in light of the specification.
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Delayed National Phase entry of a PCT/International Patent Application- A detailed perspective
Patent Cooperation treaty or PCT is an international agreement that simplifies the process of filing patent applications in different countries. Administered by the WIPO, PCT is a seamless route to file an International application, provide an international filing date for a patent application and to facilitate the Applicant to formulate a suitable IP strategy before embarking into different jurisdictions.
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CBD-The Magical Molecule of Marijuana
CBD Oil - is something that the whole world is mumbling. Is it an Addiction or a Wonder Drug? Well, few years back, no one knew what CBD oil was, and, now in 2019, it is everywhere in the form of lotions, capsules, edible gummies and bottled water.
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#DATA DONE RIGHT Summit on Data Privacy held at the US Chamber of Commerce
A summit relating to aspects on Data Privacy was held at the US Chamber of Commerce, Washington D.C. The summit was titled “#DATA DONE RIGHT”. The summit was represented by our US operations Head Ms. Soujanya Sikha. She extensively interacted with the speakers and attendees on issues relating to data privacy. As the title suggests the summit’s focus was on the pros and cons of procuring and eventually sharing the procured data.
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Blockchain technology to prevent fraudulent phone calls
Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that deals with peer to peer data connection and gives an open and decentralized network for use. Blockchain system is a distributed network and the ledger holds every single transaction for every user to see. Every single node on the network has a copy of the ledger.
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Customer Partnership Meeting, TC 1600
A Customer Partnership Meeting (CPM) is an effort by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to build communication channels between external stake holders and USPTO representatives in a common platform. The CPM held on 08 May, 2019 was related to Global Biotechnology/ Chemical and Pharmaceuticals [Technology Centre (TC) 1600].
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