Well the company actually has a patent pending solution: the restaurant will ask for the customer's phone number, and send a text message confirming their place in line, along with a call-to-action to download the app.
While there is much work to be done, if a solution to the aflatoxin menace is produced through this work, all player designs will be made available without a patent, and the solution will be made freely available to anyone in the world.
He holds a patent on a solution that can preserve organs and one on an aortic valve that can be implanted without highly invasive open-heart surgery.
This electrically assisted walker project stems from 16 years of work by Einbinder, who just received a patent for his solution.
Leighton, Lewin and their colleagues filed a patent on their solution, dubbed it FreeFlow, and by the fourth quarter of 1998 had a working technology around which to build a business.
Apple has already filed a patent for the solution, which would enable clients to hold up their iPhones to identify the vehicles picking them up or help drivers identify their passengers in similar ways using a combination of GPS and object identification features.
They also say that they have a "patent pending for their solution to managing trade with information".
WiAV Solutions, a patent holding firm that doesn't actually make anything from its proprietary technology, has filed a lawsuit alleging that Apple, Palm and Research In Motion have violated as many as 10 patents relating to GSM technology.
If you've invented a solution to a problem that differentiates you from the competition or provides a competitive advantage, seriously consider filing a patent application before making your solution available to the public.
U. Rauen obtained consulting fees from Dr. Franz Köhler Chemie GmbH, Bensheim, Germany, which holds a patent on a new preservation solution.
