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		<title>Withhold information, deceive the examiner, and lose your patent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Abbot Laboratories fought for 14 years (receiving 12 rejections) to get a patent allowed, only to have the patent found unenforceable because Abbot&#8217;s patent attorney withheld key information in connection with the patent filing.  Lesson:  disclose information which may be material to the patentability of any of your claims, as required under 37 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/withhold-information-deceive-the-examiner-and-lose-your-patent/</link>
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		<title>Half.com (Now Ebay) Patent Granted after 8.5 Years - the Value of Patents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Josh Kopelman at First Round Capital has a good post on the value of patents after fighting for 8.5 years to get one of his granted.  His Half.com (Ebay.com) patent received six rejections, half of them final, before it was allowed.  I explain this to clients, particularly software startups, on a daily basis [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/halfcom-now-ebay-patent-granted-after-85-years-the-value-of-patents/</link>
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		<title>Solar powered iPod?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This patent application from Apple seems to show a four layer arrangement comprising protective glass, an LCD display, a solar panel, and a circuit board.  The solar panel receives light passing through the (semi-transparent) LCD display.
	Links: MacRumors.com, Patent Application Solar cells on portable devices.
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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/solar-powered-ipod/</link>
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		<title>Memristor invented!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Postulated in 1971, a fourth passive circuit element called a memristor has been invented by a team from HP Labs.  Circuit theory books, which will have to be rewritten, teach the existence and use of three passive circuit elements: the resistor, capacitor, and inductor.  The memristor, short for memory resistor, changes its resistance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/memristor-invented/</link>
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		<title>Small business lender On Deck Capital  launches with patent pending system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	My client, On Deck Capital, officially launched today.  Their patent pending financial products and technology improves upon standard credit models to offer performance-based loans to businesses that may not have access to traditional bank financing.   On Deck Capital offers business loans up to $100,000 based on the performance of the business, rather [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/lender-on-deck-capital-patent-pending/</link>
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		<title>IBM Technical Journals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	IBM Technical Journals
IBM Research

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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/ibm-technical-journals/</link>
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		<title>Anti-theft lottery ticket patent granted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	
I recently won U.S. patent no. 7,344,086 for the inventors of an innovative lottery ticket having features that prevent theft.  The patent also claims methods for preventing lottery ticket theft.  Major lottery ticket suppliers are considering licensing the patent.
	Links: U.S. Patent No. US 7,344,086 (pdf, USPTO).
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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/scratch-off-lottery-ticket-theft-patent89/</link>
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		<title>Patent Troll Tracker blogger is Cisco patent attorney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The former anonymous blogger of Patent Troll Tracker has been outed as a patent lawyer at Cisco Systems.  He was unmasked after a $15,000 bounty was offered by a senior partner at a law firm criticized on the blog after he filed suit for a client against Google.  The blog has been taken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/patent-troll-tracker-blogger-is-cisco-patent-attorney/</link>
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		<title>IP Investment Banking - Patent Brokerage Firms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A partial list of who is acquiring, licensing, and enforcing patents:
	Acacia Research Corporation
IPotential
Inflexion Point
Altitude Capital Partners
Ocean Tomo
Rembrandt IP Management
NW Patent Funding Corporation
Intellectual Ventures
Gathering2.0 (online community for monetizing IP assets)
	Articles:
Patent Attorneys, Clients Banking on IP Brokerages (law.com)
Patent Pirates (forbes.com)

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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/ip-investment-banking-patent-brokerage-firms/</link>
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		<title>Continuations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	37 CFR 1.53(b) and 37 CFR 1.63(d) Divisional-Continuation Procedure: MPEP 201.06(c)
Claiming the Benefit of an Earlier Filing Date: MPEP 201.11
Oath or declaration: MPEP 602.05(a), 37 CFR 1.63, MPEP 201.06(c)(II)
Information Disclosure Statements: MPEP 609.02

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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/continuations-claiming-benefit-and-declaration-requirements/</link>
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		<title>And you thought some patents were silly?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	10 Most Bizarre Scientific Papers
	(via Very Short List)

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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/and-you-though-some-patents-were-silly/</link>
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		<title>FDA Glossary of Terms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Drugs@FDA Glossary of Terms

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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/fda-glossary-of-terms/</link>
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		<title>Directory of Legal Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Blawg.com
abajournal.com (IP Law, Top 100)
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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/directory-of-legal-blogs/</link>
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		<title>New Claims and Continuation Rules Temporarily Blocked</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	U.S. District Judge James Cacheris granted GlaxoSmithKline&#8217;s motion for a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from implementing the rules set to go into effect today.  Glaxo filed its suit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and its director, Jon Dudas, earlier this month.  The company plans to seek [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/rules-temporarily-blocked/</link>
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		<title>New Claims and Continuation Rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Effective November 1, 2007, and applicable to pending applications in various ways, there are some major changes in the number of claims permitted in an application, and in the number of continuations permitted.  A few highlights (with many details left out):
	* No more than 5 independent and 25 total claims per application (5/25 rule). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/new-claims-and-continuation-rules/</link>
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		<title>Patent Cooperation Treaty Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international agreement for filing patent applications having effect in many countries around the world. Although the PCT system does not provide for the grant of “an international patent”, the system simplifies the process of filing patent applications, delays the expenses associated with applying for patent protection in foreign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/patent-cooperation-treaty-pct-links/</link>
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		<title>GNU General Public License Version 3 Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Free Software Foundation (FSF) released version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).  GNU GPL is a free software license.  According to FSF, almost three quarters of all free software packages are distributed under the GNU GPL license.
	Links: The Free Software Foundation, GNU, List of Software Licenses, GNU General Public [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/gnu-general-public-license-version-3-released/</link>
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		<title>Blockbuster Settles With Netflix in Patent Suit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Blockbuster and Netflix have settled their patent dispute stemming from a complaint filed last year by Netflix.  Netflix alleged that Blockbuster was infringing on its patents US7,024,381 and US6,584,450.
	Links: Complaint, US7,024,381, US6,584,450.

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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/blockbuster-settles-with-netflix-in-patent-suit/</link>
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		<title>Means+Function Claim Must Have Corresponding Structure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Biomedino v. Waters Technology (Fed. Cir. 2007)
	(via Patently-O)

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		<link>http://www.patentauthority.com/meansfunction-claim-must-have-corresponding-structure/</link>
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		<title>Meetup.com – Good, Smart, and Useful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	It may not have the sexiness of Myspace, or the hype of Youtube, but many a startup could learn something from focused and well executed Meetup.com.  Founder Scott Heiferman has been diligently building his company which enables people to find and meet others with shared interests.  I have been a member of “NY [...]]]></description>
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