Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN) lose their bid to overturn a court verdict upholding two Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) patents covering cholesterol drug Repatha (evolocumab). Amgen sued the companies in August 2014 in an attempt to prevent them from selling rival drug Praluent (alirocumab). Both of them lower cholesterol by blocking a protein called PCSK9. [...]
Uber, intent on ensuring some measure of visibility for its drivers, has unveiled plans for a couple of illuminating innovations. It has patented a light to go on top of cars that can signal to customers when their ride is arriving. Plan well executed: Uber didn’t just think up this invention recently. The patent [...]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officially published a series of 49 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. on 3rd Jan 2017. In this blog I’ve briefly covered up - universal iDevice dock, the force touch trackpad for MacBooks, the Mac Pro's security lock and more. And also mentioned this week's Apple’s traditional [...]
Frustrating news for the biotech industry, the European Patent Office (EPO) has decided to suspend all examination and opposition proceedings for patents concerning plants/animals that are obtained by means of essentially biological processes. This follows a recent non-binding Notice from the European Commission (EC) regarding the interpretation of certain aspects of Directive 98/44/EC (the [...]
Recently the tech giant Microsoft has been granted a patent for the apparently impossible thing, guess what it could, of course, a “transparent camera”. Sounds pretty amazing right a “transparent camera,” the patent is only for housing, the cover for the lens and sensors which restrict stray light from hitting the sensor and interfering [...]
RIL’s textile brand ‘Only Vimal’ has been granted patent by the US Patent & Trademark Office for its DEO2 process technology that helps fight perspiration odor. The DEO2 technology enables fabric to resist the settlement of micro-organisms offering freedom from perspiration odour. This marks new feat in RIL's technological advancement. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) [...]
