Sentence examples for additional patents from inspiring English sources

Today it is announcing its largest expansion of this program to date, with the addition of 152 additional patents.

In addition to his breakthrough invention, Sundback was responsible for many additional patents during his long working life with the Hookless Fastener Company.

Singer secured 12 additional patents for improvements to his machine.

But the university had also applied for additional patents, a technique commonly used by businesses.

It filed numerous additional patents on the drug's key ingredient, terazosin.

Microsoft will still retain licenses for 300 additional patents that AOL has retained.

The Act was eventually amended to extend the term of patent protection from 15 to 20 years and to provide additional patent protection for pharmaceutical products, in addition to the process patent protection already provided.

Last February, Judge John G. Koeltl of Federal District Court in Manhattan ruled that Bristol-Myers had acted improperly when it filed the additional patent on BuSpar with the Food and Drug Administration.

In some cases, brand-name companies have blocked competition for much longer, by filing additional patent claims and piling 30-month stays on top of one another.

Brand-name manufacturers would be permitted only a single 30-month stay rather than repeated such stays they can currently get by filing additional patent claims.

Just last month, a federal judge ruled that Bristol-Myers had acted improperly when it filed an additional patent on BuSpar that would have delayed generic competition.