Tag: USPTO
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U.S. Patent Issued for Stem Cell Wound Care Technology
Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc. in San Diego has been granted a patent for its scaffolding technology based on adult stem cells used in healing wounds. Patent number 8,105,380 was awarded to Ludmilla and Alex Kharazi, Stemedica’s senior scientist and chief technology officer respectively, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on 31 January 2012.…
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Patent Awarded for Clinical Trial Molecular Matching System
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent to the Moffitt Cancer Center at University of South Florida in Tampa on its system for matching patients to clinical trials based on molecular profiles of the patients and drugs. Patent number 8,095,389 was granted last month to inventors William Dalton, president of the Moffitt Cancer…
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USPTO Competition to Boost Patents for Humanitarian Goals
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today unveiled a competition to encourage inventors to share their patented technologies to address humanitarian needs. Winning inventors will receive a faster review of their applications for patents on future inventions. The program, called Patents for Humanity, is officially a pilot program to help address an Obama administration…
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Patent Granted for Nanotech Medical Diagnostic Technology
Medical diagnostics developer T2 Biosystems in Lexington, Massachusetts has received a U.S. patent for its sensor technology based on magnetic nanoparticles. Patent 8,102,176 was issued on 24 January by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to W. David Lee, a program officer at MIT’s Koch Institute for Cancer Research and a founder of T2 Biosystems.…
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Nominations Open for U.S. Technology-Innovation Medal
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has opened nominations for the 2012 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country’s highest award for technological achievement. Nominations for the medal, awarded annually by the president, are due on 31 March. Individuals, teams of up to four individuals, companies, and divisions of companies are eligible to compete…
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U.S. Patent Granted for Peptide-Based Obesity Treatment
Unigene Laboratories Inc. in Boonton, New Jersey has received a patent for its appetite suppression technology used in the treatment of obesity. Patent no. 8,076,291 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office was issued on 13 December 2011. The patent protects the company’s compounds that work like the hormone calcitonin to reduce the appetite…
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Women U.S. Patent Holders Increase Sharply in 2010
The number of women obtaining U.S. patents in 2010 increased by 35 percent compared to 2009, according to early results of a study commissioned by the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC). The study by an independent research company examined patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) between 1975 and 2010. Preliminary results…
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U.S. Patent Granted for Anti-Microbial Polymer Technology
Quick-Med Technologies Inc. in Gainesville, Florida says it has received a patent for its process that combines disinfectant and polymer to apply anti-microbial properties to surfaces, including human skin. Patent number 8,088,400, awarded on 3 January 2012 by the U.S. Patent and Tradmark Office, covers the company’s solution with opposite-charged polymers built into its line…
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U.S. Patent Granted for Soft Tissue Reconstruction Implant
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to Novus Scientific in Singapore for a resorbable mesh implant to be used in the reconstruction of soft tissue defects. The patent — number 8,083,755 — covers the mesh implant material that breaks down and is assimilated back into the body. Novus Scientific developed the…
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Apple Files Patent Applications for Fuel Cell Power
Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California has filed two U.S. patent applications for building fuel cell systems into the power supplies used in their electronic devices. The patent applications were reported yesterday on the Web site AppleInsider. One invention outlines a fuel cell system to directly power a portable electronic device. In this system, a fuel…