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According to a report in Federal Computer Week, the Energy Department’s Office of Science and Technology Information is launching a new “megaportal” initiative called Global Discovery that will allow users to retrieve scientific and technical information from four existing portals, … Continue reading →

In December 2004, Google announced a partnership with four university libraries and the New York Public Library to scan and digitize millions of the books in their collections, many of them copyrighted. The goal of Google Book Search, as the … Continue reading →

The number of issued patents continued to rise through the first three weeks in February, reaching a six-month high of 4,064 on February 21. A patent milestone was reached on February 14: the USPTO issued patent no. 7,000,000. The total … Continue reading →

The USPTO has published Classification Order 1,854, dated February 7, 2006. The order affects subclasses in Class 2 – Apparel; Class 57 – Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining; and Class 428 – Stock Material or Misc. Articles.

Early this morning the USPTO issued utility patent no. 7,000,000. (A total of 3,920 other patents were also issued.) The patent, which is assigned to DuPont, is for a new type of polysaccharide fiber and the process for making it. … Continue reading →

If the USPTO issues 3,155 or more utility patents next Tuesday, Feb. 14, it is likely that they will include patent number 7,000,000. The UPSTO issued 3,040 utility patents on Feb. 7. The highest numbered utility patent is currently 6,996,845. … Continue reading →

There have been many articles and opinion pieces in American business and engineering magazines in recent months warning of the threat of China overtaking the U.S. in technical education and innovation. A recent issue of ASEE Prism, the magazine of … Continue reading →

President Bush’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2007 recommends that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office keep all of the roughly $1.8 billion it collects in patent and trademark fees and supports additional increases for reducing application processing times and … Continue reading →

The World Intellectual Property organization has reported a record 134,000 international patent application filings in 2005. China and the Republic of Korea were the countries with the largest increases in PCT filings, jumping to the 10th and 6th positions, respectively. … Continue reading →

The number of patents granted by the USPTO increased in the final week of January, jumping from about 2,500 on January 24 to 3,500 on January 31. This is one of only a few weeks since September 2005 that the … Continue reading →