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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 Oreg.


7625859 Patent Date:12/1/2009 9.8 Years to be approved
Title: HER-2 binding antagonists
Inventor(s): Gail M. Clinton, Portland, Oreg. (US); Adam Evans, Portland, Oreg. (US); and William D. Henner, Burlingame, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7562392 Patent Date:Jul. 14, 2009 9.5 Years to be approved
Title: Methods of interacting with audio and ambient music
Inventor(s): Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Oreg. (US); and William Y. Conwell, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
 
7522728 Patent Date:Apr. 21, 2009 9.3 Years to be approved
Title: Wireless methods and devices employing steganography
Inventor(s): Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
 
7487908 Patent Date:Feb. 10, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: Article having an embedded accessible storage member, apparatus and method for using same
Inventor(s): Bert D. Cook, Jr., Morgan Hill, Calif. (US); and Donald C. Mann, Thousand Oaks, Calif. (US)
Assignee: UltraCard, Inc., Bend, Oreg. (US)
 
7539939 Patent Date:5/26/2009 8.8 Years to be approved
Title: Preview window to preview text in several different fonts simultaneously
Inventor(s): M. Todd Schomer, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Creativepro.com, Inc., Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7508944 Patent Date:Mar. 24, 2009 8.8 Years to be approved
Title: Using classification techniques in digital watermarking
Inventor(s): Hugh L. Brunk, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
 
7524511 Patent Date:Apr. 28, 2009 8.8 Years to be approved
Title: Method and kit for moisturizing the surface of the eye
Inventor(s): Sharon F. Kleyne, Grants Pass, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Rogue Valley Natural Springs, Inc., Grants Pass, Oreg. (US)
 
7562030 Patent Date:Jul. 14, 2009 8.7 Years to be approved
Title: Method and apparatus for real-time reporting of electronic commerce activity
Inventor(s): Elijahu Shapira, Portland, Oreg. (US); and Victor Lu, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: WebTrends, Inc., Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7493540 Patent Date:Feb. 17, 2009 8.6 Years to be approved
Title: Continuous application and decompression of test patterns to a circuit-under-test
Inventor(s): Jansuz Rajski, 6502 Horton Rd., West Linn, Oreg. 97068 (US); Jerzy Tyszer, Os. Stare Zegrze 89C/2, 61-249 Poznan (Poland); Mark Kassab, 29665 SW. Rose La., Apartment 288, Wilsonville, Oreg. 97070 (US); and Nilanjan Mukherjee, 29290 SW. Parkway Ct., Apartment 92, Wilsonville, Oreg. 97070 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7585497 Patent Date:Sep. 08, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: Induction of apoptosis and cell growth inhibition by protein 4.33
Inventor(s): Youngman Oh, Richmond, Va. (US); Ron Rosenfeld, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); and Angela Renae Ingermann, Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7610836 Patent Date:Nov. 03, 2009 8.2 Years to be approved
Title: Replaceable brake mechanism for power equipment
Inventor(s): Stephen F. Gass, Wlsonville, Oreg. (US); David S. D'Ascenzo, Portland, Oreg. (US); Andrew L. Johnston, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Joel F. Jensen, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Sung H. Kim, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); and Anwyl M. McDonald, Palo Alto, Calif. (US)
Assignee: SD3, LLC, Tualatin, Oreg. (US)
 
7608269 Patent Date:Oct. 27, 2009 8.2 Years to be approved
Title: Compositions and methods for treating cancer by modulating HER-2 and EGF receptors
Inventor(s): Gail M. Clinton, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7600455 Patent Date:Oct. 13, 2009 8.2 Years to be approved
Title: Logic control for fast-acting safety system
Inventor(s): Stephen F. Gass, Wilsonville, Oreg. (US); J. David Fulmer, Tualatin, Oreg. (US); Joel F. Jensen, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Benjamin B. Schramm, Los Gatos, Calif. (US); and Robert L. Chamberlain, Raleigh, N.C. (US)
Assignee: SD3, LLC, Tualatin, Oreg. (US)
 
7607016 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 8 Years to be approved
Title: Including a metric in a digital watermark for media authentication
Inventor(s): Hugh L. Brunk, Portland, Oreg. (US); Brett Alan Bradley, Portland, Oreg. (US); and Brett T. Hannigan, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
 
7558767 Patent Date:Jul. 07, 2009 7.9 Years to be approved
Title: Development of electronic employee selection systems and methods
Inventor(s): David J. Scarborough, West Linn, Oreg. (US); Bjorn Chambless, Portland, Oreg. (US); Richard W. Becker, Portland, Oreg. (US); Thomas F. Check, Beaverton, Oreg. (US); Deme M. Clainos, Lake Oswego, Oreg. (US); Maxwell W. Eng, Portland, Oreg. (US); Joel R. Levy, Portland, Oreg. (US); Adam N. Mertz, Portland, Oreg. (US); George E. Paajanen, West Linn, Oreg. (US); David R. Smith, Beaverton, Oreg. (US); and John R. Smith, Hillsboro, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Kronos Talent Management Inc., Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
 
7516544 Patent Date:Apr. 14, 2009 7.8 Years to be approved
Title: Spacers for reducing crosstalk and maintaining clearances
Inventor(s): Vladimir V. Petunin, Boulder, Colo. (US)
Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, Oreg. (US)
 
7609402 Patent Date:Oct. 27, 2009 7.8 Years to be approved
Title: Methods for universal data output
Inventor(s): William Ho Chang, Vancouver, Wash. (US); and Christina Ying Liu, Vancouver, Wash. (US)
Assignee: Flexiworld, Inc., Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7509899 Patent Date:Mar. 31, 2009 7.6 Years to be approved
Title: Retraction system for use in power equipment
Inventor(s): Stephen F. Gass, Wilsonville, Oreg. (US); David A. Fanning, Vancouver, Wash. (US); David S. D'Ascenzo, Portland, Oreg. (US); Joel F. Jensen, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Sung H. Kim, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); and Andrew L. Johnston, Redwood City, Calif. (US)
Assignee: SD3, LLC, Tualatin, Oreg. (US)
 
7486685 Patent Date:Feb. 03, 2009 7.6 Years to be approved
Title: System for sharing channels by interleaving flits
Inventor(s): Linda J. Rankin, 2362 SW. Madison St., Portland, Oreg. 97205 (US); and Suresh Chittor, 8040 SW. 154 Ave., Beaverton, Oreg. 97007 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7504101 Patent Date:Mar. 17, 2009 7.5 Years to be approved
Title: Methods for enhancing antigen-specific immune response using antibodies that bind OX-40
Inventor(s): Andrew D. Weinberg, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Sisters of Providence in Oregon, Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7611471 Patent Date:Nov. 03, 2009 7.4 Years to be approved
Title: Heart diagnosis system
Inventor(s): Arvind Thiagarajan, Chennai (India)
Assignee: HD Medical Inc., Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7615527 Patent Date:Nov. 10, 2009 7.3 Years to be approved
Title: Peptides which modulate blood coagulation and methods of use thereof
Inventor(s): David H. Farrell, Tualatin, Oreg. (US); and Rehana S. Lovely, Tigard, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oreg. (US)
 
7589736 Patent Date:Sep. 15, 2009 7.3 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for converting a pixel rate of an incoming digital image frame
Inventor(s): Michael G. West, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc., Tualatin, Oreg. (US)
 
7610440 Patent Date:Oct. 27, 2009 7 Years to be approved
Title: Content addressable memory with automated learning
Inventor(s): Donald E. Husby, 20711 NW. Rockspring La., Beaverton, Oreg. 97006 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7614323 Patent Date:Nov. 10, 2009 7 Years to be approved
Title: Corkscrew for one handed operation
Inventor(s): Brent J. Warner, 2129 SE. 10th Ave. #8, Portland, Oreg. 97214 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
 

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