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...

OptiBiotix Health plc, a life sciences business, which develops compounds to tackle obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes, has proclaimed filing of two new patents covering its cholesterol reducing product thus making a hike in the number of patents from nine to eleven.

A deal in the form of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Pakistan Customs and Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) has been made to permit IPO acquire online data for execution of actions taken by the Pakistan Customs against illegal movement of goods imported or exported.

United Cannabis Corporation has pushed provisional patent application to the next phase in terms of filing a utility patent application and PCT application with the USPTO with respect to unique combinations of pharmaceutically active cannabinoids employed for the treatment of disorders of the nervous system, immune system and cancer