September 23, 2009
Merck Patent GmbH is the assignee of U.S. Patent No. 7,576,193, which issued August 18, 2009. The most notable aspect of this 29 page patent is the large number of publications cited on the face of the patent, or more accurately, on the first 9 pages of the patent. While I realize the volume of [...]
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September 16, 2009
USPTO Director David Kappos delivered opening remarks at the IPO Annual meeting on Monday, September 14, 2009. For the full text version of the speech, see the USPTO website. In the speech, Director Kappos outlines a number of initiatives that he will be spearheading within the office. Included in the prioritized enterprises were incentivizing compact [...]
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