Archive for 2007
Patent office overstretched due to increased workload – WIPO Report
The WIPO Patent Report, 2007 Edition, mentions that, Increasing demand has led to increases in workload in some patent offices, although the number of patent applications pending examination differs significantly from one office to another. The United States of America had more than 900,000 pending applications in 2005, with Japan having the next largest number of pending applications (according t... Read More
Medical Technology – fastest growing technical field, by patent applications
According to the data released in the WIPO Patent Report, 2007 Edition, The three fastest growing technical fields from 2000 to 2004 were medical technology (+32.2%), Audio-visual technology (+28.3%) and information technology (+27.7%). This is based on the number of patent applications filed from 2000 to 2004. The figures for the corresponding years are – 2000 – 55,813 2001 – 59... Read More
Is America Losing the Patenting Race?
The latest post in the McBru Blog poses this question. Quite surprising, given the fact that there is a huge surge in medical technology patents, and the Patent Office is being deluged with patent applications. An excerpt, The latest worldwide patent report came out recently. It is a fascinating document. See if you can guess who files the most patents and wins by almost every measure (such a... Read More
Florida Patent on Medical Device May Be Boon for Heart Patients
The Florida Biomedical Research Programs website reports in a press release that some good news for heart patients may be just around the corner. In the case of a heart attack, a few minutes can spell the difference between life and death. Now, a new medical device can be produced that can cut minutes or even hours off the time it takes to begin life-saving treatment. The Florida Department of Hea... Read More
Patents-Innovation Debate: The War Goes On
I got a taste of things to come just after I’d posted my observations ‘The Patent-Innovation Circle of Progress’. Many of my friends in the profession called up to express their opinions, one side or the other. My follow-up post ‘Patents Lead to Breakthroughs in Medical Technology’ generated even more heat, although you’ll notice that I was just quoting from pre... Read More
