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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 Minn.
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7575653 | Patent Date: | Aug. 18, 2009
| 14.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Melt-flowable materials and method of sealing surfaces
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| Inventor(s): |
Michael A. Johnson, Stillwater, Minn. (US); Clayton A. George, Afton, Minn. (US); Peggy S. Willett, Stillwater, Minn. (US); and Scott R. Meyer, Woodbury, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7575654 | Patent Date: | Aug. 18, 2009
| 14.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Melt-flowable materials and method of sealing surfaces
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| Inventor(s): |
Michael A. Johnson, Stillwater, Minn. (US); Clayton A. George, Afton, Minn. (US); Peggy S. Willett, Stillwater, Minn. (US); and Scott R. Meyer, Woodbury, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7517361 | Patent Date: | Apr. 14, 2009
| 11.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Stent delivery system
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| Inventor(s): |
Adrian C. Ravenscroft, Milton, Mass. (US)
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| Assignee: | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, Minn. (US)
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7632309 | Patent Date: | Dec. 15, 2009
| 10 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Pyrolytic carbon and metal/metalloid carbide composites
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| Inventor(s): |
Avrom M. Brendzel, Roseville, Minn. (US); Richard Rodriguez, White Bear Lake, Minn. (US); and Michelle Lund Toy, North St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7610975 | Patent Date: | Nov. 03, 2009
| 9.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Electric drive riding mower
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| Inventor(s): |
Jackie R. Gust, Apple Valley, Minn. (US); Eric A. Metheny, Woodbury, Minn. (US); Dana R. Lonn, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); Heinrich F. Tetzlaff, Apple Valley, Minn. (US); Dennis J. Pavlik, Eagan, Minn. (US); and Mark S. Anderson, Prior Lake, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | The Toro Company, Bloomington, Minn. (US)
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7604663 | Patent Date: | Oct. 20, 2009
| 9.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Medical devices with polymer/inorganic substrate composites
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| Inventor(s): |
Matthew S. Reimink, New Brighton, Minn. (US); and Matthew F. Ogle, St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7617124 | Patent Date: | Nov. 10, 2009
| 9.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Apparatus and method for secure downloading of files
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| Inventor(s): |
Joel A. Ronning, Excelsior, Minn. (US); and Kelly J. Wical, Hastings, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Digital River, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US)
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7475343 | Patent Date: | Jan. 06, 2009
| 9.7 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Data processing apparatus and method for converting words to abbreviations, converting abbreviations to words, and selecting abbreviations for insertion into text
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| Inventor(s): |
Thomas C. Mielenhausen, 1515 Osceola Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 55105 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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7510570 | Patent Date: | Mar. 31, 2009
| 9.6 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis
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| Inventor(s): |
George Goicoechea, Grand Bahama (Bahamas); John Hudson, Glenfield (United Kingdom); and Andrew H. Cragg, Edina, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, Minn. (US)
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7640175 | Patent Date: | Dec. 29, 2009
| 9.1 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Method for high-risk member identification
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| Inventor(s): |
Badri N. Prasad, Richfield, Minn. (US); Archelle Georgiou, Eden Prairie, Minn. (US); and Gerald L. Lutgen, St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Ingenix, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US)
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7479128 | Patent Date: | Jan. 20, 2009
| 9.1 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Protective coatings for medical devices
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| Inventor(s): |
Jason T. Lenz, Maplewood, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, Minn. (US)
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7638504 | Patent Date: | Dec. 29, 2009
| 9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Hepatitis a viricide
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| Inventor(s): |
Friedrich Von Rheinbaben, Monheim (Germany); Holger Biering, Grevenbroich (Germany); Klaus-Peter Bansemir, Langenfeld (Germany); and Sabine Glaeser, Dusseldorf (Germany)
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| Assignee: | Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7527745 | Patent Date: | 5/5/2009
| 9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Product stability enhancement with phosphonium salts
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| Inventor(s): |
Minyu Li, Oakdale, Minn. (US); Kim Person Hei, Baldwin, Wis. (US); Joy G. Herdt, Hastings, Minn. (US); and Amy Haupert, St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7618398 | Patent Date: | Nov. 17, 2009
| 8.9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Catheter with removable balloon protector and stent delivery system with removable stent protector
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| Inventor(s): |
Thomas J. Holman, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); Louis G. Ellis, St. Anthony, Minn. (US); Gregory K. Olson, Elk River, Minn. (US); Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Wayzata, Minn. (US); Richard J. Traxler, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); and Scott M. Hanson, Columbia Heights, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Scimed life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, Minn. (US)
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7631349 | Patent Date: | Dec. 08, 2009
| 8.9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Method and apparatus for firewall traversal
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| Inventor(s): |
Elliot Schwartz, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US)
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| Assignee: | Digi International Inc., Minnetonka, Minn. (US)
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7505807 | Patent Date: | Mar. 17, 2009
| 8.9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Magnetic resonance apparatus for use with active electrode and drug deliver catheter
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| Inventor(s): |
John Kucharczyk, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); and Michael E. Moseley, Redwood City, Calif. (US)
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| Assignee: | Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); and Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, Calif. (US)
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7569062 | Patent Date: | Aug. 04, 2009
| 8.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Mitral and tricuspid valve repair
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| Inventor(s): |
Stephen T. Kuehn, Woodbury, Minn. (US); Thomas F. Hinnenkamp, White Bear Lake, Minn. (US); William R. Holmberg, New Richmond, Wis. (US); Darrin J. Bergman, Shoreview, Minn. (US); and Terry L. Shepherd, Shoreview, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7542866 | Patent Date: | Jun. 02, 2009
| 8.7 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Threshold setting for a radar level transmitter
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| Inventor(s): |
Eric R. Lovegren, Big Lake, Minn. (US); Kurt C. Diede, Apple Valley, Minn. (US); and Ryan R. Carlson, Crystal, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US)
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7640171 | Patent Date: | Dec. 29, 2009
| 8.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Asset communication format within a computer network
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| Inventor(s): |
David Pierre Gendron, Coon Rapids, Minn. (US); Dale Philip Kingsbury, Little Canada, Minn. (US); Jeffrey Allen Romatoski, Woodbury, Minn. (US); and Larry Robert Sitka, Stillwater, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Acuo Technologies, LLC, Oakdale, Minn. (US)
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7503907 | Patent Date: | Mar. 17, 2009
| 8.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Medicament cartridge and injection device
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| Inventor(s): |
Paul R. Lesch, Jr., Lexington, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Antares Pharma, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. (US)
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7493900 | Patent Date: | Feb. 24, 2009
| 8.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Fibrous filtration face mask having a new unidirectional fluid valve
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| Inventor(s): |
Daniel A. Japuntich, St. Paul, Minn. (US); Vaughn B. Grannis, Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (US); Harold J. Seppala, St. Paul, Minn. (US); and Anthony B. Ferguson, Woodbury, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7529756 | Patent Date: | 5/5/2009
| 8.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | System and method for processing formatted text documents in a database
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| Inventor(s): |
Bob Haschart, WhiteBear Lake, Minn. (US); Jack Conrad, Eagan, Minn. (US); Forrest Rhoads, North Oaks, Minn. (US); Dan Dabney, St. Paul, Minn. (US); Howard Turtle, Jackson, Wyo. (US); Kinley Larntz, Shoreview, Minn. (US); Po Yang Bokyung Yang Stephens, St. Paul, Minn. (US); and Dan Gannon, St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | West Services, Inc., Eagan, Minn. (US)
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7588185 | Patent Date: | Sep. 15, 2009
| 8.3 Years to be approved |
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Title: | RFID data collection and use
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| Inventor(s): |
David T. Berquist, St. Paul, Minn. (US); Peter M. Eisenberg, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); Mitchell B. Grunes, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); Daniel K. McIntyre, St. Paul, Minn. (US); Diane E. Morel, Shoreview, Minn. (US); Robert J. Schilling, Cass Lake, Minn. (US); and Paul A. Sevcik, Birchwood, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7512441 | Patent Date: | Mar. 31, 2009
| 8.2 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Autocapture pacing/sensing configuration
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| Inventor(s): |
Geng Zhang, Vadnais Heights, Minn. (US); Jungkuk Kim, Roseville, Minn. (US); and Qingsheng Zhu, Little Canada, Minn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US)
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7597697 | Patent Date: | Oct. 06, 2009
| 8.2 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Bypass grafting method
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| Inventor(s): |
Thomas J. Maginot, Crown Point, Ind. (US)
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| Assignee: | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, Minn. (US)
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