An earlier posting on this blog discussed the recent issuance of a U.C.-researched CRISPR patent. Today’s posting discusses a competing team’s recent issuance of another CRISPR patent. U.S. Patent No. 10,190,137 B2 (‘137) issued on January 29, 2019, for “CRISPR-Related Methods and Compositions with Governing gRNAs.” It was issued to inventors Feng Zhang of Cambridge, …
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TechPat: U.S. Patent No. D841,260 S
U.S. Patent No. D841,260 S1 (‘260) issued on February 19, 2019, for “Cotton Seed Feeder.” It was issued to inventor/applicant Percy English of El Campo, Texas. This patent is a design patent under 35 U.S.C. §171, which protects the ornamental features of an article of manufacture. The features cover the entire design of the feeder …
CannabIP: District Court Finds §101 Patent-Eligibility in First Cannabis Patent Litigation
On April 17, 2019, Judge William J. Martinez denied an early motion for partial summary judgment for invalidity based patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101, in the first federal patent infringement case testing the patent claims of cannabinoid formulations. Judge Martinez, sitting in the District of Colorado, found the patent-at-issue, U.S. Patent No. 9,730,911 …
Fed Circuit Watch: Network Intrusion Claims Found Patent-Eligible
On March 20, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in SRI Int’l, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc.,[1] in which claims directed to network intrusion were found patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. §101. While the ruling is a welcome sign of patent-eligibility, the ruling itself is convoluted in its rationale and difficult to …
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,172,786 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,172,786 B2 (‘786) issued on January 8, 2019, for “Oral Care Composition Comprising Cannabinoids.” It was issued to applicant Axim Biotechnologies, Inc., of New York, New York. The inventors are George Anastassov of New York, New York, and Lekram Changoer of Ridderkerk, Netherlands. Axim is a cannabinoid pharmaceutical research company, known for …
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,132,564 B1
U.S. Patent No. 10,132,564 B1 (‘564) issued on November 20, 2018, for “Plant Dryer with Improved Convection Flow.” It was issued to applicant/inventor Harvey Romanek of Seminole, Florida. The assignee is THC Therapeutics, Inc.. THC Therapeutics is a publicly-traded cannabis tech company. The ‘564 patent specifically encompasses their DHYDRONATOR® plant dryer product. Figure 1 illustrates …
PlantIP: U.S. Patent No. PP30,173 P2
U.S. Patent No. PP30,173 P2 (‘173) issued on February 5, 2019, for “Grandiflora Rose Plant Named ‘KORmonali’.” It was issued to inventor Wilhelm-Alexander Kordes of Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany. The applicant/assignee is W. Kordes’ Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG, of Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany. This patent is a plant patent under 35 U.S.C. §161, which protects …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,154,254 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,154,254 B2 (‘254), issued on December 11, 2018, for “Time-of-Flight Depth Sensing for Eye Tracking.” The inventor is Nicholas Daniel Trail of Bothell, Washington. The applicant and assignee is Facebook, Inc., of Menlo Park, California, the omniprescient social media company. The ‘254 specification discloses a headgear for a virtual reality (VR) or …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,144,342 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,144,342 B2 (‘342), issued on December 4, 2018, for “Mobile Robot.” The inventors are Ze Ji of Portsmouth, Great Britain, and Christopher Andrew Smith of Bristol, Great Britain. The applicant and assignee is Dyson Technology Ltd., of Malmesbury, Great Britain, the tech-focused appliance company. The ‘342 specification discloses a smart vacuum cleaner …
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,155,018 B1
U.S. Patent No. 10,155,018 B1 (‘018) issued on December 18, 2018, for “Method of Improving Sexual Response and Sensitivity.” It was issued to applicant/inventor Dennis M. Jenn of South Jordan, Utah. The assignee is Ilysm, LLC of Murray, Utah. Ilysm appears to be a startup company focused on cannabis-based sexual performance enhancement compositions. The ‘018 …