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Merrion Pharmaceuticals increases patent protection for Orazol

Merrion Pharmaceuticals plc, a pharmaceutical development company, today announces that it has been granted a further U.S. Patent, increasing the protection for their lead product, Orazol™.

7 May 2010

CDI, iPS Academia Japan announce licensing agreement for seminal iPSC patent portfolio

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), the world's largest producer of cellular tools for drug discovery and safety derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and iPS Academia Japan, Inc., today announced a nonexclusive licensing agreement for the seminal iPSC patent portfolio arising out of the work of Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D., Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University.

7 May 2010

TechniScan granted U.S. patent for methods in creating diagnostic images from complex wave fields

TechniScan, Inc., the developer of a revolutionary 3-D breast imaging system, announced today the grant of U.S. Patent 7,684,846, which provides additional intellectual property protection for proprietary methods in creating diagnostic images from complex wave fields.

6 May 2010

ViaCyte granted three new U.S. patents

ViaCyte, Inc., a preclinical stage stem cell engineering company focused on diabetes, announced today that it has received three additional U.S. Patents.

6 May 2010

Principals of StemTroniX, Power3 Medical Products file patent application

StemTroniX, Inc., a Texas corporation, and Power3 Medical Products, Inc. announced today that a joint provisional patent application entitled, "Stem Cell Protein Biomarkers and Their Use in Monitoring Stem Cells and Their Products for Stem Cell Therapy" has been filed by the principals of StemTroniX and Power3 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

5 May 2010

Palatin Technologies granted patent relating to small molecule compounds that bind to melanocortin receptors

Palatin Technologies, Inc. announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,709,484, titled "Substituted Melanocortin Receptor-Specific Piperazine Compounds," today. The claims in the issued patent relate to small molecule compounds which bind to melanocortin receptors.

5 May 2010

USPTO rejects WARF's stem cell patent claims

In what two consumer groups today praised as a victory for open scientific inquiry, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a controversial patent on human embryonic stem cells held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

4 May 2010

Spectros, Philips Electronics enter patent sale agreement covering multispectral pulse oximetry technology

Spectros announced today that it entered into a patent sale agreement with Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. ( PHG). Under this agreement, Philips purchased a patent related to technology for multispectral pulse oximetry, an approach first developed and patented by Spectros.

3 May 2010

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announces EPO intent to grant notification for patent series covering RNAi therapeutics

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a notification of an intent to grant for the "Manoharan II" patent series (EP Application No 04 718 537), titled "Therapeutic Compositions." The new patent includes 16 claims covering compositions and methods, including pharmaceutical compositions, for chemically modified siRNAs containing phosphorothioate and 2′-O-alkyl modifications without any siRNA length restrictions.

3 May 2010

Pfizer to maintain top spot in prescription sales through mergers and acquisitions

The rheumatoid arthritis treatment Humira will replace Lipitor as the world's biggest-selling drug in 2016, but a familiar name, Pfizer, will still be the biggest seller of medicines after the patent cliff according to the World Preview 2016 report published today by EvaluatePharma, the premier provider of pharma and biotech analysis.

3 May 2010

Celgene seeks court declaration over claims of romidepsin injection usage for T-cell lymphomas

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious disorders, today announced that it received a complaint filed by Celgene Corporation seeking a declaration from the court that four Cyclacel-owned patents, which claim the use of romidepsin injection in T-cell lymphomas, are not infringed by Celgene's products and are invalid.

3 May 2010

Repligen granted Notice of Allowance covering use of uridine for treatment of bipolar disorder

Repligen Corporation announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a Notice of Allowance of a patent covering the use of uridine in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. The patent, which upon issue will remain in force until 2025 prior to any patent term extensions, covers the use of an effective dose of a uridine composition to improve one or more of the symptoms of bipolar disorder including depression, mania, mixed episodes, hypomania and anxiety.

30 Apr 2010

HemCon Medical Technologies to ask for reversal of jury verdict in chitosan patent case

HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc., announced today that it will ask a US District Court in New Hampshire to review and reverse a jury verdict based on a patent held by Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. The jury awarded damages of $29.4 million against HemCon in the patent case. HemCon will ask the Court to review the validity of the patent and reverse the damage award.

30 Apr 2010

Generex Biotechnology receives U.S. patent for method of administering insulin to the buccal region

Generex Biotechnology Corporation, the leader in drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, today announced that it has received a new patent in the United States.

30 Apr 2010

Impax initiates challenge of patent listed by Shionogi Pharma concerning Fenoglide

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today confirms that it has initiated a challenge of a patent listed by Shionogi Pharma, Inc. in connection with its Fenoglide® (fenofibrate) tablets, 40 and 120 mg.

30 Apr 2010

Tomophase receives seventh U.S. Patent for OCTIS component

Tomophase Corporation, a leading developer of non-invasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) tissue imaging devices, announced today that it has received notification of the issuance of its seventh patent: Delivering Light via Optical Waveguide and Multi-view Optical Probe Head, U. S. Patent # 7,706,646.

29 Apr 2010

USPTO issues new patent to Applied Spine Technologies

Applied Spine Technologies, Inc. www.appliedspine.com, a medical device company focused on motion preservation of the lumbar spine, has been awarded a new patent titled "Spinal Stabilization Device with Weld Cap".

29 Apr 2010

DFine granted US patent relating to StabiliT Vertebral Augmentation System

DFine, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for treating vertebral compression fractures, announced today that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has issued Patent 7,678,116 relating to the StabiliT® Vertebral Augmentation System. Two additional Notices of Allowance have also been issued with patents expected later this year.

29 Apr 2010

Takeda settles with six defendants in generic ACTOS, ACTOplus met patent infringement lawsuit

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced today that Takeda and its wholly owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., have completed settlement agreements with six out of eight defendants in patent infringement litigation brought against these parties in response to their Abbreviated New Drug Applications for generic ACTOS® (pioglitazone HCl) and ACTOplus met® (pioglitazone HCl and metformin HCl). Takeda recently concluded litigation with the sixth settling defendant.

28 Apr 2010

Complaint filed in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara against TPL

Patriot Scientific Corporation today reported that on April 22, 2010 it filed an action in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara against Technology Properties Limited, LLC, the Company's joint venture partner in the management of the MMP portfolio of microprocessor patents, and Alliacense, LLC, the licensing division of TPL.

27 Apr 2010

Medical Patent News

Merrion Pharmaceuticals increases patent protection for Orazol

CDI, iPS Academia Japan announce licensing agreement for seminal iPSC patent portfolio

TechniScan granted U.S. patent for methods in creating diagnostic images from complex wave fields

ViaCyte granted three new U.S. patents

Principals of StemTroniX, Power3 Medical Products file patent application

Palatin Technologies granted patent relating to small molecule compounds that bind to melanocortin receptors

USPTO rejects WARF's stem cell patent claims

Spectros, Philips Electronics enter patent sale agreement covering multispectral pulse oximetry technology

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announces EPO intent to grant notification for patent series covering RNAi therapeutics

Pfizer to maintain top spot in prescription sales through mergers and acquisitions

Celgene seeks court declaration over claims of romidepsin injection usage for T-cell lymphomas

Repligen granted Notice of Allowance covering use of uridine for treatment of bipolar disorder

HemCon Medical Technologies to ask for reversal of jury verdict in chitosan patent case

Generex Biotechnology receives U.S. patent for method of administering insulin to the buccal region

Impax initiates challenge of patent listed by Shionogi Pharma concerning Fenoglide

Tomophase receives seventh U.S. Patent for OCTIS component

USPTO issues new patent to Applied Spine Technologies

DFine granted US patent relating to StabiliT Vertebral Augmentation System

Takeda settles with six defendants in generic ACTOS, ACTOplus met patent infringement lawsuit

Complaint filed in Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara against TPL

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