Computer aided patent portfolio analysis is a useful tool to evaluate both the R&D landscape and business opportunities.
Rounding out this year's finalists were software that would aid in patent applications and a process for tinting windows with a pulse of electricity.
Besides potentially aiding in the patent sale, bankruptcy protection could also allow Kodak to shed hundreds of millions of dollars in pension obligations.
If Apple were deliberately aiding Digitude, Samuels says "it would be horrifying — the patent troll problem is completely out of control.
The inquiry into whether such features, asserted to be trade dress, are functional by reason of their inclusion in the claims of an expired utility patent could be aided by going beyond the claims and examining the patent and its prosecution history to see if the feature in question is shown as a useful part of the invention.
And Hewlett-Packard moved to 9th place from 15th last year, aided by the 324 patents issued to Compaq Computer, which H.-P. has since acquired.
Today, Qualcomm levied accusations against Apple suggesting that the Cupertino tech giant was infringing on six patents that aided iPhone battery life.
This competitive moat, aided by LEG's patents and trademarks on box spring components, mattress innersprings, sofa sleeper mechanisms, wire seating forms, and more, has allowed LEG to expand its business while maintaining profitability above and beyond peers.
It has been patented to aid in the prediction of survival in lung cancer in a gene expression panel of biomarkers (US 20100267574).
The paper describes a patented (Patent DE10042801.0) arrangement and is intended to provide useful information as an aid in applying this design to other mechanisms.
To aid industry, the group suggests reforms to the U.S. patent system and making permanent an expanded R&D tax credit.
