Archive for 2010
Medical Patent News of the Week
As a medical device patent attorney, I take a special interest in news and commentary relating to medical patents, dental patents, and related technology. In this regard, below is a recap of medical patent news for the week: Five Medical Patent Applications for Lymphoma MMRGlobal filed five patent applications to treat lymphoma. They include protection for anti-CD20 antibodies, methods ... Read More
Medicine, drugs, genes and the death of a patent niche?
Inventors pursuing medical patents involving genes should listen to this… On October 29th, the federal government reversed a longstanding policy by saying that human genes are part of nature and therefore cannot be patented. While the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is not changing its rules for the time being, this decision may reverse the nearly 30 year old legal precedent of patenting pa... Read More
What Medical Industry Inventors can Learn from New Apple Patent
Inventors in the medical device field may want to pay attention to a new patent awarded to Apple. Titled "Nitriding Stainless Steel for Consumer Electronic Products", it describes a cost-effective system that would place a layer of nitride atop a stainless steel exterior. This would add a durable scratch and impact resistant surface to stainless steel. There are other coatings that add t... Read More
How to Ensure the Success of Your Dental Patent by Treating Disease
A new patent-pending mouthwash may solve the needs of 25 million consumers. And at $10 a pop, this could be a brand new $250-$500 million per year industry. If you have an idea for the dental field, then following this company’s advice could be your golden ticket. Patents on Dental Products I just finished reading a web article on Dentistry IQ – click on the link for the dental patent ... Read More
How Medical Research Leads to New Patent Ideas
A new patent pending medical device – based on scientific research – proves even simple innovations to existing products can be very lucrative. Surgical masks haven’t changed too much since 1918. It was the year of the Spanish Flu pandemic, and surgeons adopted cotton gauze masks during surgery to protect themselves from patient diseases. The interest in masks as germ barriers wa... Read More
