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USPTO Introduces New Kind Codes: F, J, K, O
Over the last couple of years the USPTO has introduced several new kind codes on account of changes arising from the America Invents Act of 2011. They are F, Supplemental examination certificate J, Post grant review certificate K, Inter partes … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Statistics and Numbers for 2013
The USPTO issued 305,081 patents in 2013, an increase of 10.2 percent over 2012. The agency also published 347,148 utility and plant patent applications, an increase of 4.7 percent over the previous year. The total number of U.S. patent documents … Continue reading
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Tangle toy puzzle
A few days ago I took my four-year old daughter to get a flu shot. As a reward for being brave and not crying (too much) the nurse gave her a puzzle-toy called a Tangle(R). Turns out it was patented … Continue reading
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Humble Egg Carton Invented by Canadian 100 Years Ago
Canadian newspaperman Joseph Coyle invented the humble egg carton nearly one hundred years ago. Coyle was not the first inventor to tackle the problem of transporting eggs safely, but his carton design, which he patented in the US (US1269394) and … Continue reading
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PatentScope Adds Canadian National Collection
An early Christmas present from the WIPO: PatentScopenow includes the Canadian national collection from ~1920 forward. No PDFs yet, it appears, but full text (based on OCR) is available for some patents. A few pre-1970s patents have IPC codes, so … Continue reading
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USPTO Adopts PDF for Patent Documents
The USPTO has adopted PDF as the default format for displaying patent documents from its databases, making it one of the last (if not last) of the major patent offices to switch to the world’s most popular document image format. … Continue reading
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US Patent Milestone: 8,500,000
The USPTO reached another milestone on August 6, issuing patent no. 8,500,000 B2 to Elmer Berendas of Germany for a “Device for locking and unlocking the jalousie (rolling shutter) of a container.”According to the patent, this type of container is … Continue reading
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Obit: Amar G. Bose (1929-2013), Bose
Amar G. Bose, inventor of the audio system that bears his name, passed away on July 12 at the age of 84. In addition to being a successful inventor and entrepreneur, Bose taught acoustics and electrical engineering for 45 years … Continue reading
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USPTO Launches Global Patent Search Network
The USPTO has launched a new patent search system called the Global Patent Search Network (GPSN). Initial coverage includes Chinese published applications, patents, utility models from 2008 through 2011. Users can search patent documents in the English or Chinese language … Continue reading
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