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U.S. PTO reexamining Lumenis patents

Alma Lasers Ltd., a global leader in aesthetic laser, light-based, and radiofrequency systems, announces important developments in its patent dispute with Lumenis Ltd., which is being litigated in the United States District Court in Chicago, IL. Alma reports that: (1) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria VA ("PTO") has decided to reexamine all seven of Lumenis's patents that are at issue in the litigation, and (2) the Court has stayed the litigation, pending reexamination of the patents.

From Lumenis Inc. 28 Mar 2008

New online stem cell patent database

StemCellPatents.com, an organization dedicated to the advancement of stem cell commercialization, has announced the launch of its newly re-designed free database covering US issued patents dealing with stem cells.

28 Mar 2008

U.S. Patent Office confirms validity of Osteotech's U.S. patent on mixtures of a radiolucent material

Osteotech, Inc. ( NASDAQ:OSTE ) , a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative medicine, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of its U.S. Patent No. 5,676,146.

25 Mar 2008

Bioheart awarded patent for heart repair method

Bioheart, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded U.S. Patent #: 7341062 (J. Chachques and H. Leonhardt) for a method to repair damaged myocardium (heart tissue) by a combination of cell transplantation and electrostimulation.

18 Mar 2008

DuPont no. 1 innovator in chemical and biotech patents

DuPont has achieved top rankings in science and patent strength according to several leading indicators published by The Patent Board and Nature Biotechnology.

13 Mar 2008

Miniature chemical detection device awarded U.S. patent

The U.S. Patent Office has awarded Dr. George Radziszewski a U.S. Patent (No. 7,342,664) for his revolutionary ChemiD Mini Lab, a miniature device that will identify chemical compounds on demand.

11 Mar 2008

Anadis licenses antibody technologies from ImmuCell

Anadis Limited, an Australian-based biotechnology company focused on milk derived polyclonal antibodies and other milk-derived bioactives, announced today that it had signed a final agreement with ImmuCell Corporation, a biotechnology company headquartered in Portland, Maine, USA.

11 Mar 2008

Jivan Biologics awarded US patent for splice array analysis

Jivan Biologics Inc., a privately held corporation located in Berkeley, CA, has been awarded US Patent #7,340,349, "Method and System for Identifying Splice Variants of a Gene."

10 Mar 2008

Barr Pharmaceuticals announces favorable ruling in Yasmin patent case

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in favor of its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., in the challenge of the patent listed by Bayer Schering Pharma, AG in connection with Bayer Schering's Yasmin(R) (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) oral contraceptive.

4 Mar 2008

Imaging Dynamics Company receives patent on dual energy imaging technology

Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd has announced that it was awarded the patent for a dual energy optically coupled digital radiography system.

28 Feb 2008

New Alzheimer's patent by Affiris

Affiris GmbH has secured another Europe-wide patent for an innovative method of treating Alzheimer's disease. This new blood-cleansing method is similar to dialysis and is designed to reduce the amount of harmful protein deposits in the brain. It is based on the AFFITOME technology established by Affiris, which was patented in October 2007 for an Alzheimer's vaccine.

27 Feb 2008

Barr confirms Avodart patent challenge

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has confirmed that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., has initiated a challenge of the patents listed by GlaxoSmithKline in connection with its Avodart(R) (dutasteride) soft gelatin capsules, 0.5mg.

27 Feb 2008

USPTO grants CryoCor's request for patent interference

CryoCor, Inc. has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has declared a patent interference between a patent application exclusively licensed by CryoCor and two patents held by CryoCath Technologies Inc.

14 Feb 2008

Aircraft Medical files counter action against Verathon

Aircraft Medical ("Aircraft") announces that it has filed a Revocation Action against Verathon challenging the validity of its European Patent No. 1307131 (the '131 patent).

13 Feb 2008

Invitrogen and Agilent Technologies resolve all pending patent litigations

Invitrogen Corporation and Agilent Technologies have jointly announced a confidential settlement of multiple patent litigations pending between the two companies.

5 Feb 2008

U.S. PTO's rejection of Gilead's antiretroviral patents might affect applications in India

Last week's rejection by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of four patents on Gilead Sciences' antiretroviral drug Viread might affect patent applications for the drug in India, the Times of India reports.

28 Jan 2008

Applied DNA Sciences files patents for optical DNA SigNature markers

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. has announced that it has filed multiple patent applications to cover its latest developments in optical reporter markers.

23 Jan 2008

Ranbaxy settles with GlaxoSmithKline on Imitrex

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (Ranbaxy) has announced that it has settled all matters relating to possible patent litigation with GlaxoSmithKline relating to Sumatriptan Succinate Tablets, the generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Imitrex Tablets.

22 Jan 2008

New patent for massage tool

When 10-year veteran massage therapist Greg Polins, of PolTech, Inc., began to experience crippling pain in his thumbs and wrists from extensive deep tissue massage, he knew he had to do something to keep his job.

17 Jan 2008