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Arena Pharmaceuticals issue new patent

Arena Pharmaceuticals has announced that it was issued US patent number 6,953,787, entitled "5-HT2C Receptor Modulators," by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

11 Oct 2005

Nanogen subsidiary, Epoch Biosciences issued new patent

Nanogen announced today its subsidiary, Epoch Biosciences, was issued Patent No. 6,951,930, "Hybridization-Triggered Fluorescent Detection of Nucleic Acids" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

11 Oct 2005

Biothera's beta glucan patents upheld

Cypress Systems Inc. has agreed to stop selling yeast beta glucan and has acknowledged the validity of Biothera's patents as part of the settlement of a lawsuit filed in federal district court last March.

10 Oct 2005

Mylan wins patent litigation

Mylan Laboratories today announced that the federal district court in the Northern District of West Virginia ruled in favor of Mylan in its Oxybutynin patent litigation with Alza Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

28 Sep 2005

Nanogen issued patent relating to biological screening device

Nanogen announced today it was issued Patent No. 6,942,778, "Microstructure Apparatus and Method for Separating Differently Charged Molecules Using an Applied Electric Field" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

26 Sep 2005

Generex Biotechnology granted Canadian patent

Generex Biotechnology Corporation has announced that it has been granted a patent by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office titled "Mixed Micellar Delivery System and Method of Preparation."

12 Sep 2005

Stressgen granted new U.S. patent for treatment of Hepatitis B

Stressgen Biotechnologies announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Patent Number 6,921,534 covering fusion protein compositions comprised of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigen fused to a heat shock protein (Hsp), as well as DNA encoding such fusion proteins, and methods of treating an HBV infection using these fusion proteins.

7 Sep 2005

Generex Biotechnology awarded Australian patent

Generex Biotechnology Corporation today announced that it has been granted a patent by the Australian Patent Office titled "Mixed Micellar Pharmaceutical Delivery System and Method of Preparation."

6 Sep 2005

Patent for determining gene function quickly with Hellsgate

A CSIRO innovation for determining gene function quickly and with virtually 100 per cent efficiency has been granted a US patent clarifying its leadership position in the international gene silencing arena.

6 Sep 2005

Domantis successful in patent opposition

Domantis Limited, the human Domain Antibody Therapeutics company, has successfully opposed European patent number EP0656946, leading to a major amendment of the main claim in the patent and a significant narrowing of the scope of 34 of the 41 other claims.

1 Sep 2005

Ichor Medical Systems issued key patent

Ichor Medical Systems today announced that it has been issued a patent that protects vital elements of the company's technology.

25 Aug 2005

BioLife Solutions granted U.S. patent covering new method of preserving cells, tissues or organs

BioLife Solutions announced today that it was granted a U.S. patent that covers the methods and compositions for the preservation of cells, tissues or organs in the vitreous state.

15 Aug 2005

Sonora Medical Unit receives patent fo ultrasound probe testing device

Misonix, Inc. has announced today that its majority-owned Sonora Medical Systems, Inc. subsidiary has received the first of three patents filed for its FirstCall 2000 ultrasound probe-testing device. The patent enforces the FirstCall device's unique process for testing ultrasound probes on site without requiring the ultrasonic system to be in operation.

14 Aug 2005

Introgen announces additional broad patent in China

Introgen Therapeutics has announced that a patent with broad claims directed to combination therapy with the p53 gene and conventional chemotherapy or radiation was issued in China.

11 Aug 2005

Power3 converts provisional patent applications

Power3 Medical Products announced today that it has converted two provisional patent applications by the filing of two utility patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the Company's disease specific biomarker discovery and disease specific immuno- diagnostic test designs.

4 Aug 2005

Bioheart granted patent for inducing angiogenesis by electrical stimulation

Bioheart has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the company a notice of allowance regarding its patent application 09/858,046, entitled Method For Inducing Angiogenesis By Electrical Stimulation of Muscles.

2 Aug 2005

GenoMed submits 50th provisional patent application

GenoMed announced today that the Company has submitted its 50th provisional patent application, a major milestone in any development stage company. GenoMed has so far been awarded two patents, one for treating acute kidney failure without dialysis, and another for hastening lung maturation in prematurely born infants.

26 Jul 2005

BSD Medical receives notice of allowance for new patent

BSD Medical today announced that the company has received "official notice of allowance" for a new patent that is expected to be issued by the U.S. Patent Office.

26 Jul 2005

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals receives notice of a U.S. patent allowance for potential drug fo ADHD

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a Notice of Allowance for its patent application for SPI-339 entitled "Methods for Treating Cognitive/Attention Deficit Disorders Using Tetrahydroindolone Analogues and Derivatives."

21 Jul 2005

Webster University announces new M.A. in patent agency

Webster University's College of Arts & Sciences is offering a graduate degree program in Patent Agency. This 36-hour master of arts program, targeted towards working professionals in the technical and scientific fields, is the only known program of its kind nationally.

21 Jul 2005