http://www.patexia.com Patexia Rss Feed Sun, 19 May 2013 00:29:16 -0700 http://www.patexia.com/feed/-thrombosis-contest-online-20130517 The latest contest is a search for licensing opportunities for a stent technology to reduce complications associated with stent thrombosis--or blood clots in a blood vessel--after coronary surgery. Can you find a commercial use of magnesium to prevent stent thrombosis? Enter the contest! "Thrombosis" contest online() at patexia.com Fri, 17 May 2013 21:44:22 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/patent-monetization-webinar-20130516 Learn about Patent Monetization Strategies (how to get the most out of your patents) from Peter Kim, Principal at Irvine Pointe and former Director of IP Strategy at Rabmus, in the next Patexia IP Matters webinar. The webinar will take place on June 13th at 1:30PM ET (10:30AM PT) and will last twenty minutes. This is a rare opportunity to learn about these issues from a former insider at a top IP licensing company.  Especially for free! The event is invite only, you can register... Patent Monetization Webinar() at patexia.com Thu, 16 May 2013 17:51:37 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/invitation-to-submit-your-application-for-the-policy-making-2-0-prize-20130510   Dear all The Crossover project, together with UNDP CIS, the Democratic Society and Euractiv, is organising the first "Policy-Making 2.0" prize. It goal is to raise awareness and consolidate the community about a new set of tools to support policy making, such as as open and big data, visualisation, opinion mining, collaborative governance, modeling and simulation, serious gaming.   We think that your application would be a great candidate for the prize, and we... Invitation to submit your application for the policy-making 2.0 prize() at patexia.com Fri, 10 May 2013 13:01:38 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/registration-for-patent-types-webinar-closes-soon-20130507 If you want to see the patent types webinar on May 9th, make sure you register by Thursday. The webinar will cover the parts and types of patents. It will be given by Daniel Porter, case research manager here at Patexia, will start at 1:30 PM ET, and will last 20 minutes. Looking forward to seeing you there. Patents and Patent Types | Patexia.com Patents and Patent Types Registration for Patent Types Webinar Closes Soon() at patexia.com Tue, 07 May 2013 23:12:52 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/a-new-direction-for-legal-services-20130506 Interesting application of a tried and true model... Why This Successful Website Is Going Brick and Mortar | Inc.com There's H&R Block for taxes and walk-in clinics for patients. This company is betting the same model can work for legal advice shops. A new direction for legal services?() at patexia.com Mon, 06 May 2013 14:47:26 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/how-i-did-it-interview-with-mohit-yadav-runner-up-in-neural-discharge-for-predicting-cardiac-disease-contest-20130503 Mohit Yadav was a runner up in the Neural discharge for predicting cardiac disease contest that closed a few weeks ago. After his victory we interviewed him about his experience and how he did it. Here's what he had to say:   What is your profession? I am a patent scientist. I work on searching patents and non-patent literature and provide technical support to attorneys.   What is your educational background? I have a bachelor’s of... How I did it: Interview with Mohit Yadav, Runner up in Neural Discharge for Predicting Cardiac Disease Contest() at patexia.com Sat, 04 May 2013 00:14:14 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/-throw-contest-online-20130502 Patexia's latest contest relates to a display system on which users can select and drag images to move them. In particular, this contest focuses on a certain gesture which allows the user to remove objects from the display by "throwing" them. We're looking for prior art before the early 1990s. Think you can find a solution? Check out the contest!   User interface with "throw" gesture Contest | Patexia.com Submit entries and vote in Patexia’s User interface with... "Throw" contest online() at patexia.com Thu, 02 May 2013 21:57:01 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/ebsco-introduces-non-patent-prior-art-source-20130501 According to the EBSCO site: "The Most Comprehensive Index of Science, Technical, Medical and Business Content for Prior Art Literature, Available All in One Place. This innovative product makes it easy to search non-patent literature for prior art.  It provides a comprehensive, highly-relevant index of non-patent literature with links to millions of full-text articles and extensive backfiles dating as far back as 1885. Non-Patent Prior Art Source is ideal... EBSCO Introduces Non-Patent Prior Art Source() at patexia.com Wed, 01 May 2013 15:32:06 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/just-over-one-week-until-patent-and-patent-types-webinar-20130429 The next IP Matters webinar will take place on May 9th at 1:30PM ET. The talk will last for 20 minutes and cover the different parts of a patent and patent types. Daniel Porter, our case research manager and perennial author on this blog, will be giving the presentation. You can see more details about what he's going to cover here and see all of the past and upcoming webinars on the IP Matters page. Patents and Patent Types | Patexia.com Patents and Patent Types Just over one week until Patent and Patent Types Webinar() at patexia.com Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:20:13 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/apple-earnings-still-hand-over-fist-20130425 Apple's quarterly earnings report came out better than some anticipated, reports Businessweek. The company saw continued success with its latest iProducts, announcing $43.6 billion in revenue and $9.5 billion in net profit. The report had a few financial surprises as well, including a substantial stock buyback to increase the company's share. Apple Earnings -- still hand-over-fist() at patexia.com Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:45:11 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/case-research-notes-licensing-and-information-20130420 Last week I published a post detailing the importance of pursuing and developing patent licensing agreements to monetize IP assets. This analysis does gloss over some important details regarding the elements that constitute a successful licensing strategy for a pre-existing portfolio of patented technologies. In today’s note I’d like to take a closer look at some of these details. Which way to monetize? Startups to develop technologies are only sometimes a good choice (in ... Case Research Notes: Licensing and information() at patexia.com Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:12:12 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/referral-prize-20130423 We paid our first referral prize of $500 last week. The winner of the prized referred the winner of the Coronary Stent Imaging contest. Both winners preferred not to have their names disclosed at this stage. So don't forget to invite your colleagues. You won't be the first community member to win some money. Referral Prize() at patexia.com Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:36:34 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/ip-promoting-20130422 Hi, is there anybody that could help me in promoting an approved patent to any US company related to production of reagent for the scientific research community? Best, Daniele IP promoting() at patexia.com Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:14:39 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/energy-solutions-india-20130421 Dear All,   I have created a blog, which will provide all electrical related information used ion power industry and process plants. Part from this I have also included steam calculation and several other calculation sheets which will help in selection of pump/ motor , fues, earthing calculation and several other details. Please follow the link as below. www.energysolutions.blog.com    Regards, Aniket Energy Solutions India() at patexia.com Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:38:13 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/patents-and-patent-types-webinar-20130416 We've finalized the plans for our next webinar. It'll be on patents and patent types. The goal is to teach more of the fundamental patent knowledge you'll need to build a basic understanding on patents and patent law. It will be a follow up webinar to the earlier patents and prior art 101, but we'll recap the previous webinar in case you didn't see it (though you can watch the recording here). The webinar will take place on May 9th at 1:30PM ET (10:30AM PT) and... Patents and Patent Types Webinar() at patexia.com Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:43:03 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/npe-licensing-and-tech-transfer-20130412 In the past we’ve written pretty extensively on some of the problems plaguing the patent system, from the USPTO to NPEs, and some possible solutions for them. Aside from promoting and protecting innovation, an auxiliary goal of the patent system is to facilitate technology transfer--finding commercialization routes to get patented inventions from the lab bench out to the consumer’s store shelves. In an increasingly developed and widespread tech marketplace, the importance of... NPE licensing and tech transfer() at patexia.com Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:00:03 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/how-to-license-a-patent-patent-knowledge-tidbits-20130412 Patent licensing has the opportunity to be much more lucrative than simply selling a patent, particularly for the small percentage of inventions that become widely-used products. If you decide to license a patent, you will have to go through three basic steps. First, locate companies who may be interested in buying your patent. Looking at companies to whom related patents are assigned is a good place to start, particularly if you already have a list of related patents from performing... How to license a patent; Patent Knowledge Tidbits() at patexia.com Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:31:17 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/how-to-sell-a-patent-patent-knowledge-tidbits-20130412 Selling a patent is often the best way for an individual inventor to monetize their invention. Especially when considering that a large majority of patents do not end up generating substantial revenue from actual products they are used to protect. If you can find a buyer who will pay you more than you spent to develop and patent your invention, the best idea is often to take the money and run. The actual mechanics of selling your patent depend on the type of invention. Reaching out... How to sell a patent; Patent Knowledge Tidbits() at patexia.com Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:26:29 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/defensive-publication-patexia-ip-matters-webinar-materials-available-now-20130411 The recording and slides for the webinar are available now on the webinar page. We were very excited to have our first guest speaker and really enjoyed the talk. Summary to the topic:  This webinar focuses on defensive publication: an intellectual property strategy used to prevent another party from obtaining a patent by disclosing your ideas so that they become prior art. It was given on April 11th by Andrea Casillas, director of Linux Defenders. It's hard to escape... Defensive Publication - Patexia IP Matters Webinar Materials Available Now() at patexia.com Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:47:27 +0000 http://www.patexia.com/feed/how-to-find-a-patent-patent-knowledge-tidbits-20130411 If you know exactly which patent you want, by number or title, finding a patent is a pretty simple process. A variety of online tools offer this ability, differing in what information they present and how they present it. Patexia’s research tools provide a good place to start, and implement some unique useful tools related to patent assignment and involvement in lawsuits. Google Patents is well-designed and has great searchability within patents themselves. The USPTO Patent Application ... How to find a patent; Patent Knowledge Tidbits() at patexia.com Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:19:32 +0000