The company has been granted a US patent for its method of detecting fragments of chromosomes, known as nucleosomes, circulating in the blood, which indicates that cancer is present. The patent number is 9222937 for the “Method for Detecting Nucleosomes” and it runs to August 2032 [more].

The biopharmaceutical company has attained an elite worldwide license to several patents from the nonprofit Research Development Foundation (RDF), and the company develops gene therapy treatments for congestive heart failure and other chronic diseases. Along with group of patents, Renova Therapeutics’ has expanded its portfolio in the cardiovascular and metabolic disease space, thus imparting future...

The granted US patents defend the company’s own 4D respiratory tracking technology, which permits its SPiN Thoracic Navigation System in efficiently tracking a patient’s respiration during navigational procedures. Veran CEO Jason Pesterfield stated that the patented technology (new software) will fundamentally assist lung specialists in targeting solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN’s) and more quickly diagnose patients with...

The Indian Patent Office issued an order notifying changes in the numbering system of patent applications and Request for examinations with effect from the newyear. This change is to streamline and standardise the extant numbering system. A copy of the notice can be accessed here.

USPTO had issued Patent 5,718,632 in 1998, on a method for avoiding “unnecessary wastage of time” in video games. The patent expired on November 27, which has finally generated immense excitement for the game players and has left inspiration for Loading Screen Jam, the place where developers craft their own loading screen games [more].

As per Google’s patent statement, the device possesses the ability to send an abrupt surge of gas that will provide enough momentum to pierce leading to ‘micro-emergence’ of blood into the barrel [more].

The merger, announced in early December, union between two of America’s largest, oldest and most research-oriented organizations and they are set to make huge waves in agriculture, materials and plastics sectors. Before the developments start to happen, DowDuPont will be for a succinct moment be one of the world’s intellectual property powerhouses with respect to...

Nobel Biocare had filed a patent infringement lawsuit, claiming that the implants which were imported from Brazil possessed “striking similarities” to the design of its NobelActive implants, which it launched in 2008 and in March 2014, Neodent had launched its line of Drive CM dental implants in the U.S [more].

Drug firm Suven Life Sciences has been granted a patent each by Eurasia, Europe, Israel and Macau for a drug used in the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases. As of now, with the new patents, Suven has a total of 15 granted patents from Eurasia, 18 from Europe, 8 from Israel and 5 from Macau [more].

Natco Pharma Ltd and its partner Alvogen Inc. have settled a patent infringement case with US drug maker Gilead Sciences Inc., and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Genentech Inc., thus clearing the way into the world’s largest pharmaceutical market for the Indian drug maker in terms of launching generic versions of anti-influenza...