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Rank in 2004* |
Number of Patents in 2004* |
U.S. University* |
(Rank in 2003) |
(Number of Patents in 2003) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
424 |
University of California | (1) |
(439) |
2 |
135 |
California Institute of Technology | (2) |
(139) |
3 |
132 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | (3) |
(127) |
4 |
101 |
University of Texas | (4) |
(96) |
5 |
94 |
Johns Hopkins University | (7) |
(70) |
6 |
75 |
Stanford University | (5) |
(85) |
7 |
67 |
University of Michigan | (8) |
(63) |
8 |
64 |
University of Wisconsin | (6) |
(84) |
9 |
58 |
University of Illinois | (20) |
(39) |
10 |
52 |
Columbia University | (9) |
(61) |
*The listed patent counts are preliminary counts that are subject to correction. The final listing of patent counts for U.S. universities in 2004 should be available in late December of 2005.
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Today, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court's claim construction defining "releasably attaching" in claims 1 and 9 of US Patent 5,803,466 "to mean that the fasteners must permit the sidewalls to be easily removed and replaced and determining that those skilled in the art would not consider rivets . . . to fall within the category of releasable fasteners.
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Amazon's patent grants it ownership of many data-mining techniques used to identify when a purchase is a gift and what sort of present it is. "If the item being ordered is perfume, and the date is one week before Valentine's Day, it may be inferred that the perfume is being purchased as a gift," the filing states. If a user chooses to send a message with a gift, the system can parse the message for "key words, such as birthday or anniversary" and infer the type of event associated with the gift, the patent states.]]>
The Directive now moves on to the European Parliment where it be debated and potentially amended.
Here are the links to the full articles BBC News ZDNet News and CNet News.com
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News.com is reporting that a California judge has issued a tentative ruling that Apple can force three blogging sites to divulge their sources, according to reports. This case will definitely be of interest to the entire blogging community.
Click here for rest of the article
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Effective on April 4, 2005, the provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 (Certificate of Mailing) and 1.10 ("Express Mail") will no longer be waived for correspondence addressed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Washington, DC 20231. On May 1, 2003, the USPTO changed its address for certain correspondence to P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. See 37 CFR 1.1 and Correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 68 Fed. Reg. 14332 (March 25, 2003), 1269 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 159 (Apr. 22, 2003). To allow applicants time to become accustomed to the new address in Alexandria, VA, the USPTO waived the provisions of 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10 such that correspondence addressed to Washington, DC 20231 would be treated as acceptable under 37 CFR 1.8 and 1.10 for otherwise compliant Certificates of Mailing and "Express Mail."
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The OSI board has approved five new licenses for certification.
(Via OSI News Weblog.)
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