India based Natco Pharma Ltd. and its US partner, Allergan, Plc, on 23 Dec 2015, announced the out-of-court settlement of the ongoing patent litigation in US courts with Celgene, an American biotechnology company, over generic Lenalidomide (Brand name- Revlimid).

A Canadian patent has been granted to Regenerative medicine company, Orthocell Limited for Canadian Patent Application No. 2685146 entitled “Tenocyte containing bioscaffolds and treatments using the same” and the announcement was made on 9th Dec. 2015, Perth, Australia. The patent granted covers the combination of bio-scaffolds and tenocytes, the cells that make up healthy tendons for tendon regeneration.

Scientists including Lanying Du, Ph.D.; Francesca Curreli, Ph.D.; Beth Shaz, M.D.; Christopher D. Hillyer, M.D.; Asim K. Debnath, Ph.D.; Sara Lustigman, Ph.D. from the New York Blood Center (NYBC) have been honored with several new patents in 2014 / 15 for numerous projects that are intended to preserve the U.S. blood supply and advance vaccine therapies ...

Property emanates from the concept of ownership and possession. It is important as it has a great value. Property is also referred to as a bundle of legal rights but does not have any specific definition. Many versions are there from scientists, lawyers, philosophers, academicians etc for defining the term.

Bacteria of the genus Methylobacterium are, in general, pink-pigmented and are also known as pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFM). They utilize reduced one-carbon compounds, such as methanol or methane, as their carbon source. PPFM found on plant leaf surfaces utilize the methanol released by the growing plant cells.

Imagine a world where we had to share our cup with others in public, like, at office, theatre. This was exactly the thought of a man named Lawrence Luellen, a boston lawyer and inventor. In the beginning of 20th century, people drinking water from a fountain, barrel, or well, passed around a cup of metal, wood, or ceramic. Luellen, one among them, was bothered about the health hazards resulting from the usage of common cup by everyone.

Coffee is the most popular beverage consumed around the world. It was discovered in Ethiopia in the 11th century and spread to the other countries eventually. Though it was high at its popularity in the 19th century, the brewing of coffee was however a very time consuming process. Subsequently, it was Pier Teresio Arduino who had found a method for brewing which did not depend on steam. He was a smart businessman...

An USPTO patent has been granted to Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company which leads the discovery and development of innovative medicines targeting microRNAs (miR) on 12 November 2015. The patent is related to Regulus' most advanced two microRNA therapeutics, RG-101(GalNAc-conjugated anti-miR-122 being developed to treat HCV...

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a key patent to Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB) (USOTC:MBLTY) casing employment of the Company's proprietary adult Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (MPCs) for the formation and repair of blood vessels in ischemic tissues. The announcement about the recent patent grant was made on Oct. 27th 2015.

Google has filed a patent application with USPTO for microelectrode arrays that have applications in the field of Optogenetics. Optogenetics combines the use of optics and genetics to control and monitor well-defined events within living cells. It involves the use of light to stimulate light responsive proteins that are expressed in specific cells. Optogenetics was hailed as the “method of the year” ...