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February 2014 was supposed to be a landmark day for the 3D printing industry, as several key selective laser sintering (SLS) patents awarded to Carl Deckard in the... Read More »
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Christopher Patrick3D printing can be used to make dental appliances such as tooth and jaw molds as well as appliances, particularly for treating sleep apnea, snoring and TMJ. This would overcome various drawbacks associated with current molding techniques.
Dec 23, 2014
Kyle HoellgerMedical device/biotech applications of 3D printing are fascinating. Recent headlines about printed bones and other prostheses are really incredible.
Dec 23, 2014
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Limited patent portfolio visibility is a challenge facing IP intensive organizations around the world. Getting to the granular level within a four or ... Read More »
A variety of GMO herbicide-resistant soybeans has been released by the University of Arkansas and the public is free to use the technology without any fees or... Read More »
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, maker of the skin treatment Oracea, has received a favorable ruling from the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The ruling, which was... Read More »
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) has said that it plans to include a 3D printer capable of producing metal components on future space... Read More »
This past Tuesday Apple was issued a patent for a mechanism that will automatically reorient a phone in a free-fall. The technology is aimed at decreasing the... Read More »
Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE have reportedly taken legal action against mobile phone makers Xiaomi, OPPO, and Vivo for infringing some of their ... Read More »
Last week the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) nullified claims 1-13 of US Patent 8,296,076 in response to... Read More »
The USPTO is tightening its supervision of patent examiners who work part- or full-time from home. The 5,000 or so examiners who work from home full-time must now be... Read More »
Search experience optimization company Searchmetrics announced earlier this week that it has filed two inter partes review (IPR) petitions against patents owned by... Read More »
Internet Patents Corp and Prism Technologies have entered into an agreement to merge earlier this week. Following the acquisition, which will result from Internet... Read More »
Penn State University is planning to auction off 112 of its patents spanning chemistry, engineering, and biotech. The school holds about 580 active patents, and Ron... Read More »
Plano-based 3rd Eye Surveillance LLC filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Austin, Texas last week. The complaint alleges that the city is infringing one or... Read More »
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals announced earlier this week that the USPTO has notified the company that it will extend the terms of three of its US patents based on ... Read More »
United Cannabis Corp announced earlier this week that it has filed provisional patent applications with the USPTO for unique combinations of... Read More »
Earlier this week InterDigital (IDCC) received a favorable verdict in a patent infringement case against ZTE, with a Delaware jury finding that three patents in the... Read More »
Earlier this week Fujitsu filed US Patent Application 20140294251 - Vein authentication method, image processing method, and vein authentication device, which... Read More »
Texas-based Missing Link Technology was recently awarded four patents related to algae biomass technology. The patents cover portions of the company's deep water... Read More »
NTE Hybrid, a joint venture between Energy Investor Funds, United States Power Fund III, and NTE Energy has been developing and patenting a proprietary hybrid... Read More »
Dennis Crouch, a professor at the Missouri School of Law, published an interesting review of a recent paper by Yael Hochberg, Carlos Serrano, and Rosemarie Ham... Read More »