U . S . Patent

Elastomer Toughened Polyimide Adhesives Origin of the Invention

In accordance wi th the procedures agreed upon by Code GP-4 and Code NST-44 , the at tached NASA-owned U . S . Patent is being forwarded tor abstracting and announcement in NASA STAR. The following in format ion is provided: U . S . Patent No. : 4, 389,504 . Issue Date : June 21. 1983 Government or Contractor Employee: NASA Case No. : U.S. Government LAR-12,775-1 NOTE If this patent covers an i...

On Addressing Patent Quality

In response to Dan L. Burk & Mark A. Lemley, Fence Posts or Sign Posts? Rethinking Patent Claim Construction, 157 U. PA. L. REV. 1743 (2009); F. Scott Kieff, The Case for Preferring Patent-Validity Litigation Over SecondWindow Review and Gold-Plated Patents: When One Size Doesn’t Fit All, How Could Two Do the Trick?, 157 U. PA. L. REV. 1937 (2009); R. Polk Wagner, Understanding Patent-Quality M...

Closure of Small Patent Ductus Arteriosus by Occluding Detachable Coil

U S . Patent Nov . 26 , 2002 Sheet 1 of 3 Wing Pinch

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Innovation, Imitation & Preliminary Injunctions in Patents

We analyze the effect of preliminary injunctions in patent cases, using a simple probabilistic model of a legal challenge to a patent’s validity. We show that using current U. S. damages rules, preliminary injunctions are likely to lead to inefficient innovations, non-novel patents, and extensive litigation, since both the patent holder and the allegedly infringing firm can benefit from a preli...

U . S . Patent Mar . 17 , 2015 Sheet 1 of 22 US 8 , 980 , 073 B 2

(51) Int. Cl. GOIN271327 (2006.01) GOIN271333 (2006.01) B82Y35100 (2011.01) BOIL 3102 (2006.01) BOIL 3100 (2006.01) GOIN331487 (2006.01) GOIQ 60144 (2010.01) (52) U.S. Cl. CPC ................. B82Y35100 (2013.01); BOIL 31021 (2013.01); BOIL 3150273 (2013.01); GOIN 33148721 (2013.01); GOIQ 60144 (2013.01); BOIL 230010896 (2013.01) USPC ....................... 204/403.01; 204/400; 204/416 (lo) P...