Tag: patent
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Efficient, Economical Brain Imaging System in Development
Biomedical and electrical engineers at University of Toronto have developed a neural imaging system that allows researchers to make much more complex maps of the brain with just one camera and one imaging platform. The team led by engineering professor Ofer Levi published its findings yesterday in the journal Biomedical Optics Express. Clinicians use neural…
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European Patent Office Filings, Awards Gain in 2011
The European Patent Office, based in Munich, says the number of patent applications and awards increased in 2011, with applications from Asia now making up about a third of the total. The largest single technical field among applications was medical technology, which had almost as many filings in 2011 as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology combined. EPO…
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U.S. Patent Awarded for Airborne Pathogen Diagnostic Device
PositiveID Corporation in Delray Beach, Florida says it has received a patent on a key element of its technology to test for airborne bacteria and viruses and deliver results within 30 minutes. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded patent no. 8,133,451 for the technology on 13 March 2012 and assigned it to Microfluidics Systems,…
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Unilever Launches Open Innovation Initiative
The consumer goods manufacturer Unilever unveiled today its open innovation program seeking ideas for new products and technologies from the public at large. The initiative is managed by the online intellectual property marketplace yet2.com. Unilever’s program is structured around a set of issues or problems for which it seeks collaborators to find solutions. The opening…
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U.S. Patent Awarded for Isobutanol Production Process
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Gevo Inc. in Englewood, Colorado, a maker of biofuels from renewable feedstocks, a patent for its process of producing isobutanol with reduced accumulation of by-products. Patent no. 8,133,715, “Reduced By-Product Accumulation for Improved Production of Isobutanol,” was awarded today to 12 inventors and assigned to Gevo. Isobutanol…
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Simple Microfluidics Immune System Sensor Developed
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a simple, inexpensive sensor to diagnose a range of diseases including immune system disorders. The work of the team led by Stanford pediatrician and immunologist Manish Butte (pictured right) appears today online in the journal Biomicrofluidics; paid subscription required. The university says it has filed a…
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Simple Blood Test Checks Sickle Cell Anemia Symptoms Risk
Researchers from MIT, Harvard, and two Boston hospitals have devised a blood test that assesses the risk a patient with sickle cell anemia will encounter severe symptoms of the disease. Their findings appear in the current issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription required). The research team also evaluated the test’s potential as…
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Patent Issued for Protein-Engineered Flu Vaccine Technology
Fraunhofer USA in Newark, Delaware has been assigned a U.S. patent for its technology that binds proteins with antigens to fight influenza. The Patent and Trademark Office awarded patent 8,124,103 on 28 February to three inventors, including Vidadi Yusibov, executive director of Fraunhofer USA. Yusibov also serves as the chief scientific officer of iBio Inc.,…
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One-Step Process Developed to Produce Multi-Color Polymer
Researchers from University at Buffalo in New York have developed a simple, inexpensive process for generating a polymer that emits many different wave-lengths of light. The findings from Buffalo’s engineering department appear online in the journal Advanced Materials (paid subscription required), for which a provisional U.S. patent application has been filed. The engineers, led by…
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Patent Awarded for Migraine Drug Inhalation Method
MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Mountain View, California says it received a U.S. patent for its formulation and method of administering the drug dihydroergotamine (DHE) used to treat migraine headaches. Patent 8,119,639 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was awarded to four inventors including Thomas Armer, MAP Pharmaceuticals’s chief scientific officer. DHE is a type…