Posts Tagged: mit
MIT Prior Art Archive: An Overstated Solution to Patent Examination
According to statistics provided by the USPTO, since the beginning of fiscal year 2012, the Office has received a total of only 1,584 third-party submissions of prior art for …
A Look at RSA Cryptography and the Seminal Patent that Landed the Inventors in the Hall of Fame
One of the first and most widely-used public key systems for cryptography is known as RSA cryptography, named for the trio of inventors who developed the system …
The CRISPR Tug of War
The University of California (“UC”) and The Broad Institute, Inc. (“Broad”) are among the leaders in the development of CRISPR technology. Both UC and Broad filed patent …
Earle Dickson Invents Band-Aid® Bandages to Promote Healing
December 28 marks the anniversary of the issuance of a patent covering a bandage technology commonly known as the Band-Aid®, invented at Johnson & Johnson... In order to speed …
U.S. Leads World in Quantum Computing Patent Filings with IBM Leading the Charge
Patenting activities in the quantum computing sector have rapidly increased in recent years, with the U.S. by far the preferred jurisdiction for applicants... One interesting finding …
When Universities Patent Their Research
A few months ago, a judge ordered Apple to pay the University of Wisconsin $506 million for infringing one of its tech patents. Last year, Carnegie-Mellon University won $750 …
Facebook drops efficient infringement clause from its React software license
In late September, an official blog post published by Menlo Park, CA-based social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and penned by Adam Wolff, the company’s engineering …
Superhero Tech: Iron Man’s suit features futuristic nuclear fusion tech
Perhaps the most important component to any Iron Man suit is the arc reactor core, which provides the energy required to power the suit’s repulsors and …
New method uses patent data to estimate a technology’s future rate of improvement
The team devised an equation incorporating a patent set’s average forward citation and average publication date, and calculated the rate of improvement for each technology domain. …
How Autonomous Vehicles Work: The different shades of autonomy ranging up to a fully self-driving car
When considering what makes an autonomous vehicle truly autonomous, it’s important to note that there are different shades of autonomy leading up to the fully self-driving …
USPTO Director Michelle Lee delivers pro-patent speech at MIT
This speech by Director Lee is exceptionally important for two reasons. First, the strong and explicit recognition that abuse can and does happen on both sides of …
Putting the pieces together on how to cure Alzheimer’s
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive disorder of the human brain which over time reduces a person’s cognitive abilities to …
Trademarks – Lessons of the Blue Dot
A trademark is the simplest and often the most effective IP protection. A trademark is a broad term that applies to any word, name, symbol or device …
MIT Innovates tech for oil spill cleanups, biofuels and treatments for autism
A few of the patents that have been issued to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in recent weeks protect inventions developed to address major public health and …
AUTM Survey: University Licensing Strong Despite Economy
During fiscal year 2009, 596 new companies were formed as a result of university research, which is one more than the 595 formed in 2008 and 41 more than the 555 formed in 2007. …
