More openness would encourage rivals to offer the overworked patent office evidence with which to judge whether an application is truly novel and non-obvious.
Apple patent furthers evidence of cellphone work [Electonista, via Gizmodo].
The HE stain demonstrated that the vessels were patent, without evidence of stenosis or dilatation after 6 months.
Upon autopsy, massive ascites (2,000 to 3,000 ml) were found in all animals; no signs of intestinal congestion were noticed, and all interposition grafts were found to be regularly patent without evidence of bleeding.
Although steroids clearly benefit adult cardiac surgical patents, the evidence is weaker in pediatric cardiac surgery.
The Google Chairman isn't alone in thinking this approach could help make a difference in the ongoing patent wars, evidenced by the growing community that is Article One Partners' global patent research platform.
Applications of stimuli-responsive, or 'smart', polymers in delivery of therapeutics, tissue engineering, bioseparations, sensors or actuators have been studied extensively and numerous papers and patents are evidence of rapid progress in this area.
The empirical literature provides answers to some important questions related to the impact of patents, although evidence remains largely inconclusive.
Moreover, histological analysis showed that microvessels in the lungs of control-treated animals contain thrombi (arrows in Figure 5 C, top right panel), whereas such vessels in animals treated with either free heparin or nanoSTATs were largely patent, as evidenced by the presence of red blood cells (arrow heads in Figure 5 C).
None of the control grafts were patent or showed evidence of an endothelial lining.
