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Google Applies For Image Text Patent
News The patent application is not the first time Google has delved into the world of optical character recognition (OCR), a technology currently used mostly for scanning documents into word-processor-friendly formats.
[January 7, 2008, 12:30]
Is Apple Planning A Laptop With A Camera Latch?
News The patent application, which was published by the US Patent Office last week, is for a portable computer that includes a camera in the housing that secures the lid to the base. An image of the proposed device is included on the front page of the...
[September 19, 2005, 13:00]
Amazon Web Services Marketplace Patent Published
News Amazon.com has received a public airing of its patent application for an online marketplace where consumers search and pay for Web services. The US patent application, filed last year and published on Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office...
[July 29, 2005, 13:05]
Apple Files For DRM System Akin To Microsoft
News Apple has filed an updated patent application for a technology that would give it control over its software that is similar to Microsoft's much-criticised Windows Genuine Advantage. Now Apple has updated a patent application with the US Patent and...
[December 24, 2007, 12:15]
Microsoft Frowned At For Smiley Patent
News The patent application, which was published by the US Patent Office on Thursday, covers selecting pixels to create an emoticon image, assigning a character sequence to these pixels and reconstructing the emoticon after transmission.
[July 22, 2005, 17:15]
Apple Patents Secure Code
News Apple, which is in the process of switching to computers based on the omnipresent Intel processor, has filed a patent application describing a method for securely running Mac OS X on specific hardware.
[November 10, 2005, 10:20]
Apple Tries To Patent IPod Interface
News In its patent application 20040055446, published on Thursday, Apple describes a graphical user interface "and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player". The patent application refers to a hierarchically ordered graphical user interface and...
[March 29, 2004, 14:40]
.Net Patent Could Stifle Standards Effort
News If approved as is, the patent would cover application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow actions related to accessing the network, handling Extensible Markup Language (XML), and managing data from multiple sources.
[February 11, 2003, 7:43]
Amazon Makes Web-ad Patent Bid
News Specifically, the company is seeking a patent for "a method in a computer system for allocating display space on a Web page, the method comprising: receiving multiple bids indicating a bid amount and an advertisement," according to the application.
[March 25, 2003, 9:34]
Possible Prior Art For Microsoft XML Patent Found
News An open source application could potentially invalidate a patent that Microsoft was granted for XML serialisation last week. The wording of Microsoft's XML serialisation patent suggests that it could cover any application that converts between...
[June 2, 2005, 18:40]
Patent And Event Reignite IPhone Rumours
News A newly published Apple patent application has reignited rumours of the almost mythical "iPhone", on the eve of a press event in San Francisco. Last week the US Patent and Trademark office published a patent application that Apple made in March...
[September 11, 2006, 13:35]
Patent Injustice For Small Software Companies
Talkback First, trusted third-party advice is that up to 60 per cent of any software created will be stolen and modified/reused within four years - even if it is patented or patent application is filed. When we decided not to pursue the patent application...
[June 30, 2005, 20:35]
Adobe-Macromedia Suit: Born To Settle?
News Adobe Systems's patent infringement claim against rival Macromedia is not the first move in the battle for the graphics application market. In practical terms, the patent describes the ability to pull and recombine tabs from floating palettes (not...
[August 15, 2000, 11:40]
IPod Crash Protection Patent Published
News The portable computing device protects its disk drive by monitoring for such accelerations and operating to avoid usage of the disk drive during periods of acceleration," Apple said in the patent application, which was published Dec.
[December 24, 2004, 8:50]
Voice-interface Patent Published By Google
News Though the patent was published on Tuesday, the application was originally filed in February 2001, indicating that Google has had the project in the works for some time. A recently published patent provides further evidence that Google is...
[April 13, 2006, 10:35]
Microsoft Slammed Over XML Patent
News As applications will often need to convert between programming objects and XML files, this patent could cover virtually any application that uses XML to transfer data. This patent, EP1267277, is described as a method for "modifying the data...
[May 26, 2005, 18:30]
Patent Office Email Bid To Attract Public Comments
News People are encouraged to submit evidence with their observations, such as information from a trade journal or academic paper that can prove the existance of 'prior art' that pre-dates the filing date of the patent application.
[June 3, 2005, 17:55]
Quick Turnaround On Application Integration Projects: A Motorola Case Study
White Papers This case study highlights how the Cast Iron Systems appliance-based approach to application integration has significantly improved Motorola's patent annuities reporting, saving Motorola thousands of dollars in unnecessary annuity payments...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Mysterious 'Ginger' May Be A Scooter
News A patent application filed with the World Intellectual Property Organisation's International Bureau on 14 December 2000, lists Manchester, New Hampshire-based DEKA Research and Development as the applicant.
[January 15, 2001, 12:03]
Apple's Patent Bending
Talkback Apple patent application 20040055446 filed October 28, 2002 http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser? I challenge Apple to back up this claim, and would like to see the whole patent rejected for fraudulently claiming an invention, since Apple...
[March 31, 2004, 16:43]
