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US Patent Office - Delays In Getting Technology Protection

Mequon, WI, January 4, 2010 - Telaric Ideas releases its annual tabulation of the time it takes to get a patent.

Patents in 2009 taking the longest time to be approved for the state of Me.


7511736 Patent Date:Mar. 31, 2009 5.8 Years to be approved
Title: Augmented reality navigation system
Inventor(s): Charles Benton, 372 Boothbay Rd., Edgecomb, Me. 04556 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7556073 Patent Date:Jul. 07, 2009 5.6 Years to be approved
Title: Front pocket wallet
Inventor(s): Michael L. Lyons, 88 Pleasant Valley Rd., Cumberland Center, Me. 04021 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7475428 Patent Date:Jan. 06, 2009 5.6 Years to be approved
Title: Secure detection network system
Inventor(s): Fred Hewitt Smith, Belmont, Mass. (US); Benjamin Hewitt Smith, New York, N.Y. (US); and Cynthia Smith, Belmont, Mass. (US)
Assignee: Angel Secure Networks, Inc., Orono, Me. (US)
 
7618651 Patent Date:Nov. 17, 2009 5.4 Years to be approved
Title: Pharmaceutical compositions for drug delivery and methods of treating or preventing conditions using same
Inventor(s): Yerramilli V. S. N. Murthy, Apex, N.C. (US)
Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Westbrook, Me. (US)
 
7498786 Patent Date:Mar. 03, 2009 5.3 Years to be approved
Title: Digital control of switching voltage regulators
Inventor(s): Francois X. Prinz, Henderson, Nev. (US); and Sridhar Kotikalapoodi, Santa Clara, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, Me. (US)
 
7475440 Patent Date:Jan. 13, 2009 5.2 Years to be approved
Title: Inflatable device forming mattresses and cushions
Inventor(s): Robert B. Chaffee, 55 Thomas St., Portland, Me. 04102 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7592501 Patent Date:Sep. 22, 2009 5.1 Years to be approved
Title: Methods for maintaining genetic stability of inbred animal strains
Inventor(s): Michael V. Wiles, Somesville, Me. (US); Robert Taft, South West Harbor, Me. (US); and Eva M. Eicher, Seal Cove, Me. (US)
Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Me. (US)
 
7582472 Patent Date:Sep. 01, 2009 5.1 Years to be approved
Title: Apparatus and method for liquid sample testing
Inventor(s): Kenneth E. Smith, P.O. Box 1292, Saco, Me. 04103 (US); Haoyi Gu, 22 Waverly St., Portland, Me. 04072 (US); Scott William Wagner, 44 Fieldstone Estates Rd., York, Me. 03909 (US); Scott Marshall Clark, 6 Brentwood Rd., Cape Elizabeth, Me. 04107 (US); and Chun-Ming Chen, 17 Slocum Dr., Falmouth, Me. 04105 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7503141 Patent Date:Mar. 17, 2009 5.1 Years to be approved
Title: Grid connector and bait basket
Inventor(s): David E. Leeman, Freeport, Me. (US)
Assignee: Leeman, LLC, Freeport, Me. (US)
 
7632468 Patent Date:Dec. 15, 2009 5 Years to be approved
Title: Retaining clip for reagent test slides
Inventor(s): Stanislaw Barski, Limerick, Me. (US); Joseph Michael Chiapperi, Rochester, N.Y. (US); Mark Elliott Deacon, Rochester, N.Y. (US); Mark R. Dumont, Saco, Me. (US); Mark Weston Pierson, Saco, Me. (US); Timothy Robert Keegan, Wells, Me. (US); Mark Benno Loeser, Rochester, N.Y. (US); Gerald George Meiler, Ontario, N.Y. (US); Ross Bryan Goldman, Scarborough, Me. (US); Carl Russell Rich, Falmouth, Me. (US); and Richard James Versluys, Spencerport, N.Y. (US)
Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, Me. (US); and Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Rochester, N.Y. (US)
 
7585621 Patent Date:Sep. 08, 2009 5 Years to be approved
Title: Detection of West Nile virus infection and vaccination
Inventor(s): Melissa Beall, Cape Elizabeth, Me. (US); and Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Scarborough, Me. (US)
Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, Me. (US)
 
7622138 Patent Date:Nov. 24, 2009 4.9 Years to be approved
Title: Pharmaceutical compositions for drug delivery and methods of treating or preventing conditions using same
Inventor(s): Yerramilli V. S. N. Murthy, Apex, N.C. (US)
Assignee: TDEXX Laboratories, Westbrook, Me. (US)
 
7526984 Patent Date:5/5/2009 4.9 Years to be approved
Title: Roll cutting apparatus
Inventor(s): Christopher G. Mitchell, Fairfield, Me. (US); and Todd R. Morrison, 26 Cottage Park Rd., Portland, Me. 04103 (US)
Assignee: Todd R. Morrison, Portland, Me. (US)
 
7576388 Patent Date:Aug. 18, 2009 4.9 Years to be approved
Title: Trench-gate LDMOS structures
Inventor(s): Peter H. Wilson, Boulder Creek, Calif. (US); and Steven Sapp, Felton, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, Me. (US)
 
7588733 Patent Date:Sep. 15, 2009 4.8 Years to be approved
Title: Retaining clip for reagent test slides
Inventor(s): Carl Russell Rich, Falmouth, Me. (US); Justin Jay Griffin, Scarborough, Me. (US); Jonathan William Lawrence, Portland, Me. (US); and Ross Bryan Goldman, Scarborough, Me. (US)
Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, Me. (US)
 
7549231 Patent Date:Jun. 23, 2009 4.7 Years to be approved
Title: Trussetter gauge
Inventor(s): Joachim H. Neubauer, 11 Bloomfield St., Skowhegan, Me. 04976 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7608433 Patent Date:Oct. 27, 2009 4.7 Years to be approved
Title: Method of detection of classical swine fever
Inventor(s): Bernd Hoffmann, Liepgarten (Germany); Klaus Depner, Neuenkirchen (Germany); and Martin Beer, Neuenkirchen (Germany)
Assignee: Idexx Laboratories, Westbrook, Me. (US)
 
7501702 Patent Date:Mar. 10, 2009 4.7 Years to be approved
Title: Integrated transistor module and method of fabricating same
Inventor(s): Rajeev D. Joshi, Cupertino, Calif. (US); Jonathan A. Noquil, Surigao del Sur (Philippines); and Consuelo N. Tangpuz, Lapu-Lapu (Philippines)
Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, Me. (US)
 
7594581 Patent Date:Sep. 29, 2009 4.6 Years to be approved
Title: Collapsible container
Inventor(s): John H. Lapoint, III, Kennebunk, Me. (US)
Assignee: Wrangler Corporation, Auburn, Me. (US)
 
7631390 Patent Date:Dec. 15, 2009 4.5 Years to be approved
Title: Stiffened cleaning cards
Inventor(s): Peter Klein, North Yarmouth, Me. (US); John Edward Condon, Sumner, Me. (US); and Stephen Anthony Bouchard, Auburn, Me. (US)
Assignee: Enefco International, Inc., Auburn, Me. (US)
 
7635637 Patent Date:Dec. 22, 2009 4.4 Years to be approved
Title: Semiconductor structures formed on substrates and methods of manufacturing the same
Inventor(s): Qi Wang, West Jordan, Utah (US); Minhua Li, Sandy, Utah (US); and Jeffrey H. Rice, South Jordan, Utah (US)
Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, Me. (US)
 
7532746 Patent Date:5/12/2009 4.4 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for locating and accessing a blood vessel
Inventor(s): Ronald Marcotte, New Gloucester, Me. (US); Mark Arsenault, Sanford, Me. (US); Dominic Pelletier, Raymond, Me. (US); Walter Hebold, Raymond, Me. (US); Milton Waner, New York, N.Y. (US); and Louis Fink, Little Rock, Ark. (US)
Assignee: Vue Tek Scientific, LLC, Gray, Me. (US)
 
7615978 Patent Date:Nov. 10, 2009 4.3 Years to be approved
Title: Current mode control with feed-forward for power devices
Inventor(s): Yigang Guo, Cupertino, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, Me. (US)
 
7566931 Patent Date:Jul. 28, 2009 4.3 Years to be approved
Title: Monolithically-integrated buck converter
Inventor(s): Christopher B. Kocon, Plains, Pa. (US)
Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, Me. (US)
 
7601312 Patent Date:Oct. 13, 2009 4.3 Years to be approved
Title: Medical instrument retainer assembly
Inventor(s): Edward D. Riley, Falmouth, Me. (US); Gerald B. Kern, Westminister, Calif. (US); and Horst Chr. Weiss, Muehlheim (Germany)
Assignee: Riley Medical, Inc., Auburn, Me. (US)
 
 

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