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Submission + - Problems at the USPTO: Databases (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "The United States Code limits patentability to inventions which have not been described in previously printed publications. Later interpretations of this provision allow the definition to encompass all documents that have been made sufficiently available to persons ordinarily skilled in the art. This definition is staggeringly broad, and includes not just USPTO-issued patents, but also peer-reviewed journal articles, documents available on the internet, technical specifications, theses, source code, product descriptions and advertisements, textbooks, and the list goes on. Furthermore, these documents are not limited to those available in English, as documents in other languages are also fair game. Patent examiners certainly have their work cut out for them."
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Submission + - SEP and FRAND become toxic acronyms in patent litigation (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "The ITU recently gathered tech heavyweights together to address the surge in litigation involving standards-essential patents (SEPs), and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms placed upon SEPs to ensure rapid adoption of industry standards like 3G or H.264 video codec format. Royalties and injunctive relief dominated the ITU’s agenda."
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Submission + - The USPTO's attempts to address an overburdened workforce with little success (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "This articles is the second of a four-part series examining the USPTO’s role in administering the patent system. In particular, we are interested in some of the more fundamental causes of the troubles discussed in the first. This article will examine human resource limitations and their relationship to issues of patent quality and validity."
Biotech

Submission + - DNA-swapping process could be crucial for innovative new biotech (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "A new announcement last month from Monsanto Company could have tremendous impact in both agriculture and patent allocation for genetic modification of seeds for crop growth. In an unprecedented move, Monsanto will provide royalty-free research licenses to academic, public and non-profit institutions (including large-scale farmers) for its 1983 patent on Agrobacterium transformation process, recently released by the US."
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Submission + - Intellectual property Huawei's last line of defense (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "Huawei’s sordid intellectual property past has caught up to them. After nearly a decade of IP property theft accusations from networking gear rivals, last week’s House Intelligence Committee’s report labeled Huawei a security threat and urged U.S. companies to steer clear of the Chinese telecom giant. Now a champion of Chinese patent reform, Huawei may not just be banished from U.S. soil, but forever victimized by its nation’s dirty IP reputation."
Patents

Submission + - WIPO battens the hatches against Pirate Party innovation (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "The United Nations agency devoted to intellectual property has excluded the Pirate Party from attending its meetings. The World Intellectual Property Organization isn't objecting to PPI's goals of innovative intellectual property reform but will delay admission while WIPO considers just what kind of organization the PPI really is."
Patents

Submission + - Take a closer look at the USPTO's shortcomings (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "Government, industry, and academia alike recognize increasing difficulties for the patent system. This article introduces a series examining major operational difficulties faced by the United States Patent and Trademark office, the governmental agency responsible for administering the patent system."
Patents

Submission + - To get a patent, an invention must pass two legal tests to check that the idea i (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "The government issues patents to protect inventor rights and promote the spread innovative knowledge. For the system to work, only new ideas can be patented. In the US, this means that an invention cannot be described in prior art, nor can it be obvious to an individual skilled in the art."
The Military

Submission + - DARPA's new super binoculars improve threat detection (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "According to a statement from DARPA, "CT2WS was built on the concept that humans are inherently adept at detecting the unusual." Essentially this belief, which has been extensively studied by cognitive scientists, deals with how humans filter extensive amounts of data so that situational awareness can be maintained even in "noise" heavy environments."
Medicine

Submission + - Sherbrooke scientists have a new tool to target tumors. (patexia.com)

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ericjones12398 writes: "Researchers have devised a new type of radiation treatment — one that promises the holy grail of zero entry dose radiotherapy — by using very short bursts of high energy laser light. In this case, “very short” is an understatement, with pulses lasting femtoseconds – i.e. one-thousand-million-millionths of a second."

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