A lot of time and energy is currently going into developing technologies that give robots a sense of touch. In particular, scientists are developing things like artificial skin that lets robots know how much pressure they’re exerting on an object – this allows them to firmly grip rugged objects, while being more delicate with fragile items. Although most such technologies are fairly complex and expensive, researchers have now developed a cheap tactile sensor that could bring touch sensitivity to consumer and hobbyist applications...
Since the United States Patent & Trade Office opened in 1790, it has required that every patent be accompanied by an illustration depicting the applicant's invention. But in the past 222 years, patent drawings have changed, degrading from detailed works of art to simplistic line drawings that barely qualify as illustrations.
Whereas patent drawings from the 1800s and even early- to mid-1900s featured artistic techniques like shading, multiple perspectives and texture, today’s patent drawings...
Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. Myriad Genetics was founded in 1991, and licensed, exclusively in the field of diagnostics, and also invented a group of patents associated with the five to ten percent of breast cancers known to have a strong hereditary component. The biomarkers disclosed, discussed, and claimed in these patents are also associated with an increased lifetime risk of ovarian and other cancers...
The number of design patent applications continues to rise. At least a portion of that rise is explained by an increase in the sophistication of design patent applicants. Rather than filing a single design patent that covers a new product release, the experts file a group of design patent applications that each claim a small portion of the overall design. Because a design patent claim is defined by the submitted drawings, each patent application will have slightly different figures. Often, the only change needed is to change portions of the drawing to either solid lines (claimed) or dashed-lines (unclaimed). This strategy has two beneficial results for the patentee:
Effective May 3, 2013, the USPTO has adopted new professional conduct rules and has modified some existing rules governing the conduct of disciplinary investigations. The Final Rule is published in today's Federal Register. See Changes to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent and Trademark Office, 78 Fed. Reg. 20179 (April 3, 2013).
A new release by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) might just provide a glimpse of the future of Apple's popular iPhone handset. The filing details an “electronic device with wrap around display” and includes a number interesting design features, paramount among which is its curved display and transparent housing.
Unless you're a true DIY'er the best thing you can do is to hire a Patent Attorney to help you with your Patent application process.
From time to time we get requests to draw certain figures as a Perspective View, no I mean Isometric View,… no that’s not it - I mean a 3d view, DOH!!, no it’s….AAAHHHHH!!!!
What's a Raster image? A digital photograph from a digital camera is a raster image that is made of pixels. What is Vector graphics? A CAD program creates vectored graphics - these images can be scaled to any size and not loose any detail. So who cares?
Unless you're a true DIY'er the best thing you can do is to hire a Patent Attorney to help you with your Patent application process.
