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Version ================================================== HEADLINES (patents issued a few hours
ago..) The Edison Patent of the Day goes to Color
Kinetics Incorporated of Boston for a Smart light
bulb
The Way Cool Patent of the Day goes to an Inventor
from California for a Throwing disc with changeable aerodynamic
characteristics
Index ================================================== NEWS Glaxo loses Paxil patent case http://edition.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/03/04/glaxosmithkline/index.html GlaxoSmithKline
Plc said on Tuesday it had lost a key Chicago court case over the U.S. patent on
antidepressant Paxil, potentially opening the door to cheap copycat versions of
its top-selling drug later this year. Judge Richard Posner ruled a generic
version of Paxil from Canada's privately held Apotex did not infringe GSK's
patent on the product. Europe's biggest drugmaker said it would appeal. GSK said
the possible timing of any generic launch remained unclear and, as a result, it
would not alter its current guidance of high single-digit growth in earnings per
share in 2003, at constant exchange rates. Index EMC, Hitachi settle data
storage patent spat http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu-t133930-u2&feed=reu&date=20030304&cat=INDUSTRY Data
storage systems provider EMC Corp and Japanese electronics giant Hitachi Ltd
said on Tuesday they settled a year-old patent dispute and would share
technology in data storage, a once-hot business now mired in a slump. The thaw
in relations between the two bitter rivals comes as their corporate customers
are keeping a tight rein on info-tech spending and increasingly demanding that
different data storage systems be able to work together. The two announced a
five-year agreement that includes cross-licensing of patents that had been under
litigation and payment of an undisclosed sum by Hitachi to EMC.
Index Firm Must Pay Fuji for Recycling Cameras http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Single%20Use%20Cameras A
company that recycled single-use cameras must pay Fuji Film Co. nearly $23
million for patent infringement, a federal judge ordered. Jazz Photo Corp., a
Piscataway firm, reloaded and relabeled used Fuji and Kodak cameras, and then
sold them. A jury last December agreed with Fuji Photo Film USA's claim that
Jazz was stealing the technology. In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Judge Faith
Hochberg agreed - and ordered the smaller company to pay the Elmsford,
N.Y.-based U.S. arm of the Japanese film giant $22.9 million in damages for
relabeling 38 million of Fuji's spent cameras between 1995 and 2001.
Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY
6,528,954
Smart light bulb
Abstract: A smart light bulb
is provided which may include a housing, an illumination source, disposed in the
housing, and a processor, disposed in the housing, for controlling the
illumination source. The housing may be configured to fit a conventional light
fixture. The illumination source may be an LED system or other illumination
source. The processor may control the intensity or the color of the illumination
source. The housing may also house a transmitter and/or receiver. The smart
light bulb may respond to a signal from another device or send a signal to
another device. The other device may be another smart light bulb or another
device. The smart light bulb may be associated with a wide variety of
illumination applications and environments. Index
6,527,608
Throwing disc with changeable
aerodynamic characteristics
Abstract: A throwing disc
with changeable aerodynamic characteristics for use with human hands having
fingers, comprising a first member which is circular and has a diameter and a
thickness substantially less than the diameter of the first member. The first
member has first and second surfaces and has an outer margin and a downward
depending lip adjoining the outer margin. A second member is centrally disposed
with respect to the first member. The first and second members are
interconnected so the first and second members can move in unison as the
throwing disc is thrown. The second member is movable with respect to the first
member for changing the aerodynamic characteristics of the throwing
disc.
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Implantable fuel cell This invention makes use of an
electrostrictive material to increase the efficiency of a fuel cell as used
for the production of power within a human.
Laptop
Display The invention includes a computer projector in a portable
computer or PDA device. The lightweight, relatively low power display, only adds
a few ounces of weight to the computer. It can project a large image display on
a screen or wall. In several configurations taught by the patent, the LCD and
active matrix displays, a considerable component of the cost of any computer or
laptop, are eliminated. The projection device images onto the laptop cover
panel, saving hundreds of dollars in manufacturing cost. Put the display cover
in the projector position and you can project an image onto a large wall for
group viewing.
Other Patents ALL-TERRAIN, ALL WEATHER
WHEELCHAIR EARTHQUAKE DETECTOR FREEZER ORGANIZER SYSTEM
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