Sentence examples for patent processing from inspiring English sources

The game is further rigged by the fact that patent processing in America is not a sequential process (first in, first out) but a high-speed race in which the well connected and more aggressive win.J.E.

In this article, we present ongoing work on an advanced patent processing service PATExpert.

We introduce a content representation schema for patent documentation and sketch the design of techniques that facilitate the integration of this schema into the patent processing cycle.

The director of the patent office has responded that diverting that money would deny his agency 25percentt of its self-projected revenue, or $295 million, causing hiring freezes and increased delays in patent processing and approval.

Work would stall across a wide swath of scientific and economic agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the Census Bureau and the International Trade Administration, while activities like fisheries management, patent processing and climate observation would continue.

The central assumption underlying PATExpert is that in order to meet the needs of the users of patent processing services, recourse must be made to the content of patent material.

It seems that even patented processing techniques are not always able to deliver reproducible materials.

Last year, more than 1,000 patents for processing financial and management data were approved, up from 200 in 1997.

The legislation was initially introduced by Senator Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat, with an even narrower view: to protect the interests of his big bank constituents in a dispute with DataTreasury Corporation of Plano, Tex., a company that owns dozens of patents for processing digital copies of checks.

Apple Insider actually found four different patents currently processing from Apple; one regarding cooling via the USB and Firewire ports, two regarding a laptop's ability to sense airflow and make adjustments automatically, and then finally (and most interestingly) a plan to use heat conductive hinge assemblies.

While biopharmaceutical firms in all four countries are increasingly cognizant of the importance of patenting, issues related to the efficiency of processing patent applications and effective enforcement of property rights continue to create uncertainty.