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Organic compounds containing a bi, sb, as,... Class No. 987	Compound tools Class No. 007	Boot and shoe making Class No. 012
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Ordnance Class No. 089	Gas separation: processes Class No. 095	Gas separation: apparatus Class No. 096
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Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates Class No. 127	Tobacco Class No. 131	Textiles: weaving Class No. 139
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Metal treatment Class No. 148	Purses, wallets, and protective covers Class No. 150	Resilient tires and wheels Class No. 152
Wheelwright machines Class No. 157	Concentrating evaporators Class No. 159	Paper making and fiber liberation Class No. 162
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Fire extinguishers Class No. 169	Unearthing plants or buried objects Class No. 171	Earth working Class No. 172
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Electricity: transmission to vehicles Class No. 191	Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and... Class No. 193	Check-actuated control mechanisms Class No. 194
Mineral oils: apparatus Class No. 196	Conveyors: power-driven Class No. 198	Type casting Class No. 199
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Apple-focused publication MacNN's patent editor has uncovered a recently granted iPhone-related patent that covers wireless remote monitoring of vital signs. The first patent MacNN found is for the “technological make-up of a monitoring device” and a ...read more

Sanofi to Dive Further into Generic Drug-Making Pool - Wall Street Journal Blogs

June 25, 2009 7:25am

Like others in the industry, Sanofi faces the loss of patent protection on key products, including its lucrative anti-clotting drug Plavix, which brought in $8.6 billion in sales for it and its partner Bristol-Myers Squibb last year. ...read more

Teva clashes with US Trade Commission - Globes

June 25, 2009 7:05am

FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz has claimed that legislation to make it harder for generic and branded pharmaceutical companies to settle complex patent cases will save the US consumer $35 billion over a decade. Teva has published a response stating that ...read more

Tessera Receives Right of Appeal Notice in '419 Patent Re-Exam - ag-IP-news Agency

June 25, 2009 6:49am

SAN JOSE, CA - Tessera Technologies Inc. announced in a press release that it has received a Right of Appeal Notice, dated June 19, 2009, from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) addressing the ongoing inter partes reexamination of Tessera's US ...read more

Ericsson licenses LTE technology, claims strongest patent portfolio - FierceBroadbandWireless

June 25, 2009 6:15am

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Patent Ruling Favors Samsung - New York Times

June 25, 2009 5:06am

By REUTERS A United States International Trade Commission panel that hears patent fights has ruled that the Sharp Corporation infringed a Samsung Electronics patent for liquid-crystal displays used to make television screens. The panel ruled that Sharp ...read more

FOCUS: Recession, US Healthcare Reform Add To Drug Sector Woe - Wall Street Journal

June 25, 2009 12:45am

"The companies know their patent cliffs are coming and so decided to get much more aggressive in cost savings," said Anderson. Drugs accounting for nearly half of all revenue generated at astrazeneca in 2008 are facing the loss of patent protection ...read more

Accelerating LTE Roll-out With Patent Deals Ericsson - breaking ... - Creamer Media's Engineering News

June 25, 2009 12:14am

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A few Sharp HDTVs banned from US import - Afterdawn.com

June 25, 2009 12:06am

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Dot Hill Credits Longmont Team For New Patents - techrockies.com

June 24, 2009 10:15pm

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