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	Patent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or substance (known as an invention) which is new, inventive and useful.
		Patent licensing agreements are effectively contracts in which the patent owner (the licensor) agrees not to sue the licensee for infringement of the licensor's patent rights.
		The United States, the countries of the European Union, and Japan, are parties to all of the significant treaties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patent (4834 words)

	A History of the United States Patent Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The modern concept of the patent was established in England where, in 1449, King Henry VI awarded a patent to John of Utynam for stained glass manufacturing.
		The Patent Act of 1790 is the result of a compromise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists that complies with the Intellectual Property Clause of the Constitution.
		Arguing for the necessity for expanded patent protection, Eli Whitney wrote to Congress in 1812 that he "was soon reduced to the disagreeable necessity of resorting to the courts of Justice for the protection of his [intellectual] property." Whitney found it difficult to enforce his cotton gin patent against numerous acts of infringement.
	www.m-cam.com /~watsonj/usptohistory.html (3234 words)

	United States Patent and Trademark Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Patent and Trademark Office as a distinct bureau may be said to date from the year 1802 when a separate official in the Department of State who became known as “Superintendent of Patents” was placed in charge of patents.
		The Patent and Trademark Office remained in the Department of State until 1849 when it was transferred to the Department of Interior.
		The head of the Office is the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, and his staff includes the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, several assistant commissioners, and other officials.
	www.pueblo.gsa.gov /cic_text/smbuss/patents/uspto.htm (425 words)

	US Patent Office, United States Patent Office, patent search, patent law firms Arlington Virginia
		patent on a new invention gives its creator the exclusive right to control the use, manufacture and sale of the invention for a period of twenty years from the filing date of the patent application.
		A patent gives an inventor a virtual monopoly over his invention that is backed by the United States Government.
		After you pay the issue fee, you will be issued a US Patent which entitles you to control the use, manufacture and sale of your invention for 20 years from the date your application was filed.
	www.premierpatents.com /us-patent-office-search-law.htm (667 words)

	Researching Pre-1930 United States Patents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Historic patent research can be time consuming because the method of indexing patents has changed over the years.
		In this publication, patents are indexed in four different ways, alphabetically by class; by subject; chronologically; and by patentee name.
		Also contained in the title is the residence of the patentee, the date the patent was issued, and the patent title.
	www.library.vcu.edu /jbc/govdocs/HISPAT3.html (571 words)

	QUALCOMM Press Center - United States Patent Office Reaffirms the Validity of Important QUALCOMM CDMA Patent
		The patent, which was issued in April 1992, had been the subject of two requests for reexamination filed by anonymous requestors in 1996 and 1997.
		The Patent Office, after carefully reviewing all the additional prior art, concluded that the patent was valid and that QUALCOMM was also entitled to 19 new claims.
		While no single patent is critical to QUALCOMM's coverage of second or third generation CDMA wireless standards because QUALCOMM holds dozens of patents that are essential to the leading standards, the '459 Patent covers fundamental techniques for achieving high capacity in such CDMA systems.
	www.qualcomm.com /press/releases/1999/press458.html (453 words)

	United States Patent and Trademark Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent and trademark protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions and and product identification.
		The mission of the PTO is to "industrial and technological progress in the United States and strengthen the national economy by:
		Advising the Secretary of Commerce the of the United States and the Administration the trade-related aspects of intellectual property."
	www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Patent_Office (213 words)

	Inequitable conduct before the United States Patent & Trademark Office
		Then your patent practitioner reminds you of your duty to disclose material information, such as domestic and foreign patents, publications and other information, to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
		Importantly, the remainder of the document, but not the abstract, disclosed information that could be considered relevant to the patentability of the patent at issue.
		Although patents are not often found unenforceable for inequitable conduct, this is a defense to infringement that is often used in patent litigation.
	www.drpna.com /Resources/2.html (535 words)

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	United States Patent and Trademark Office Home Page
		The United States implemented these important WIPO Internet treaties through passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998.
		Please remember that all patent application files are published and made available to the public 18 months from the filing date, unless a non-publication request is made in the application.
		Additionally, all patented application files will become available to the public upon the grant of the patent.
	www.uspto.gov (420 words)

	beSpacific: Patent & Trademark Archives
		United States Patent 6,632,248, Customization of network documents by accessing customization information on a server computer using uniquie (note: the word unique is misspelled in the patent document itself) user identifiers.
		Patent Office Director James E. Rogan went on record to Congress warning that this backlog could rise to over one million requests by 2008.
		This United States Patent and Trademark Office proposed rulemaking seeks to implement a "beginning-to-end electronic processing of patent applications." The use of paper in the application process will be replaced by an imaging system to scan all documents and produce digital image files.
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	35 USC 1, Establishment (BitLaw)
		The United States Patent and Trademark Office is established as an agency of the United States, within the Department of Commerce.
		The United States Patent and Trademark Office shall maintain its principal office in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, for the service of process and papers and for the purpose of carrying out its functions.
		The United States Patent and Trademark Office shall be deemed, for purposes of venue in civil actions, to be a resident of the district in which its principal office is located, except where jurisdiction is otherwise provided by law.
	www.bitlaw.com /source/35usc/1.html (242 words)

	Using the United States Patent Office Website as a Research Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) maintains an information-rich website that can be extremely valuable as a research tool.
		The ability to view and print full patent images is a great time- and money-saver because, prior to the availability of these patents on the USPTO website, copies of patents had to be ordered (and paid for) from libraries or commercial services.
		Similarly, a list of all patents owned by a certain company is available by typing in the company’s name preceded by the correct field code (this time “an” for assignee name then a forward slash [“/]).
	www.tms.org /pubs/journals/JOM/matters/matters-0203.html (855 words)

	UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. CHARLES GOODYEAR, OF NEW YORK, N, Y. IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROCESS OF DIVESTING CAOUTCHOUC. ...
		that material either in its natural state or after it has been dissolved in any of the known solvents thereof and made into sheets or employed as a covering to cloth or other substances; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.
		The cloth may in this case be united together at the edges and at the ends, so as to form a sort of bag, capable of being dipped into the metallic solution without its interior being brought into contact therewith.
		The water left on the surface of this being then poured off, it is obtained in a state fit for incorporation with the caoutchouc in that form of thick paste into which it is brought by the manufacturer preparatory to its being rolled into sheets.
	www.mindfully.org /Technology/Goodyear-Patent-240-17jun1837.htm (783 words)

	United States Patent and Trademark Office - In the Spotlight at GovSpot.com
		The present U.S. patent system was established by law in 1836 to ensure the rights of inventors.
		Today the United States Patent and Trademark Office, part of the Department of Commerce, issues all patents.
		The official patent site offers a wealth of information, including a database of all patents issued since 1790.
	www.govspot.com /spotlight/patent.htm (87 words)

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	The UK Patent Office - About us and policies - Notices - United Kingdom to lead Working Group on IP and Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The United States Patent and Trade Mark Office recently invited representatives from the European Commission, the European Patent Office, and a number of national patent offices to discuss how to make progress on patent law harmonisation and issues surrounding intellectual property and developing countries.
		The Participants agree that the following parties will be invited to participate in the future meetings: all Members of WIPO Group B, Member States of the European Union, the European Commission, Member States of the European Patent Organisation, and the European Patent Office.
		IP Australia will lead a subgroup on substantive patent law harmonisation, and the UK and Netherlands will jointly lead a subgroup on development issues.
	www.patent.gov.uk /about/notices/2005/group.htm (389 words)

	The Immune Response Corporation Receives United States Patent Office Notice of Allowance for Licensed Cancer Technology
		The allowed application is entitled Lymphokine Gene Therapy of Cancer, and covers a method of inhibiting or preventing the growth of tumor cells by administering a composition comprising tumor antigens and cells genetically modified to express cytokines.
		This patented technology is currently being used in a Phase I clinical trial evaluating a colon cancer vaccine.
		Essentially, the colon cancer vaccine is comprised of irradiated fibroblasts from a skin biopsy, genetically modified to produce interleukin-2 ("IL-2"), along with irradiated tumor cells excised from the patient.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/38087&EDATE= (522 words)

	united states patent office : Savings and Deals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Back Manager The patented Spinetingler rollers provide accupressure massage with soft blunt points using the body weight of the user.
		The patented back manager was designed to provide pain relief, muscular relaxation, and spinal mobiliazation for the 31 million Americans with chronic back pain.
		A standout feature on this machine is the patented press arm system that functions as a chest press station and replicates the pectoral dumbbell fly.
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	United States Patent Office Specification By Thomas & Robert Holliday for Dyng Colors on Cotton or Textile Fabrics 1881 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		United States Patent Office Specification By Thomas & Robert Holliday for Dyng Colors on Cotton or Textile Fabrics 1881 - NO AUTHOR
		Interesting document stating the specifications for a process invented by Thomas and Robert Holliday of Huddersfield County, York, England to dye colors on textiles.
		The process was patented in England July 6, 1880 and a patent was applied for in the United States September 11, 1880.
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	United States Patent 1096102: Hollow Earth Theory - The Mysteries Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gardner United States patent 1096102, the second most important scientific document ever issued.
		A considerable portion of it is always in the transition state of a liquid.
		When one couples the monumental importance of this discovery with the nearly total non-acknowledgement of it in the major press, it is readily apparent that it has the dubious distinction of also being the single most pervasive conspiracy in the world.
	www.davidicke.net /mysteries/hollow/patent.html (4404 words)

	History of the United States Patent Office, Appendix
		Although at least 266 patents were issued by the Confederate Patent Office, almost all of the records in the office were destroyed in the Evacuation Day fire near the end of the war.
		A copy of the specification and drawings for the individual patents was attached to the original patent document as issued to the inventor.
		Patents issued by the United States Patent Office (or Union Patent Office) during the war years (and before and after the war years) are much more accessible.
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	M.P.E.P. Section 1840.01, The European Patent Office as an International (BitLaw)
		The choice of Searching Authority, either the EPO or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, must be made by the applicant on filing the international application.
		It should be noted that the European Patent Office will not search, by virtue of PCT Article 17(2)(a)(i), any international application to the extent that it considers that the international application relates to subject matter set forth in PCT Rule 39.1.
		The international search fee for the European Patent Office must be paid to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as a Receiving Office at the time of filing the international application.
	www.bitlaw.com /source/mpep/1840_01.html (337 words)

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		United States Patent and Trademark Office Home Page United States Patent and Trademark Office Home Page This is the only official Web site of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a Performance-Based...
		Filament wound structural light poles, patent No. 6,955,024, invented by Clint Ashton of Gunnison, assigned to North Pacific Group, Inc. of Portland, Ore. Target jumper, patent No. 6,955,166, invented by Byron James Rock of Roosevelt, assigned to Vernal.
		Two of Microsoft's patents on the FAT filesystem have been rejected...
	patentsandcopyrightlaw.info /.../united-states-patent-office-web-site (690 words)

	Press Release - (September 25, 2002) NIDEK is Recognized as Worldwide Leader in New Patents Filed
		NIDEK Co., Ltd. announced today its industry leadership position in patents filled and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
		NIDEK also stated that with over 47 new applications for patents in process with the USPTO, it is confident that it will continue to lead, develop and drive technology advancements in the eye care and optics industries.
		Additionally, with respect to Patent Category 606 (Surgical Instruments), NIDEK announced that it has the largest number of new patents issued among eye care, refractive and ophthalmic companies.
	www.nidek.com /2002925b.html (274 words)

	United States Patent And Trademark Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		LifeStent is a trademark of Edwards Lifesciences AG and is registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
		Received three new patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
		United States Patent and Trademark Office Grants Adams New Patent...
	www.wikiverse.org /united-states-patent-and-trademark-office (296 words)

	United States Patent Application: 0030189597
		In its most basic configuration, the computing device 200 typically includes at least one processing unit 202 and memory 204.
		Depending on the exact configuration and type of computing device, memory 204 may be volatile (such as RAM), non-volatile (such as ROM, flash memory, etc.), or some combination of the two.
		[0031] The computing device 200 may include a graphical user interface, which is stored in memory 204 and is executed by the processing unit 202 to be presented on the display output device 216.
	appft1.uspto.gov /netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20030189597&OS=20030189597&RS=20030189597 (6255 words)

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