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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 Tex.
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7569646 | Patent Date: | Aug. 04, 2009
| 18.1 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Group IVB transition metal compounds
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| Inventor(s): |
Jo Ann Marie Canich, Webster, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, Tex. (US)
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7616873 | Patent Date: | Nov. 10, 2009
| 16.6 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Thermo-plastic heat exchanger
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| Inventor(s): |
David E. Seitz, 4140 Directors Rox, Suite F, Houston, Tex. 77092 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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7549007 | Patent Date: | Jun. 16, 2009
| 13.5 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Portable computer having an interface for direct connection to a mobile telephone
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| Inventor(s): |
Ronald L. Smith, Temple, Tex. (US); LaVaughn F. Watts, Jr., Temple, Tex. (US); and Thomas R. Grimm, Temple, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Tex. (US)
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7611500 | Patent Date: | Nov. 03, 2009
| 12.1 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Wound therapy device and related methods
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| Inventor(s): |
Cesar Z. Lina, Universal City, Tex. (US); and Keith Heaton, Poole (United Kingdom)
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| Assignee: | KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, Tex. (US)
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7576568 | Patent Date: | Aug. 18, 2009
| 11.9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Self-selecting precharged domino logic circuit
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| Inventor(s): |
Hiep V. Tran, Dallas, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Tex. (US)
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7565673 | Patent Date: | Jul. 21, 2009
| 11.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Apparatus and method for using keyboard macros to control viewing channel
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| Inventor(s): |
Kevin J. Brusky, Magnolia, Tex. (US); William H. Ellis, The Woodlands, Tex. (US); Derrill L. Sturgeon, Houston, Tex. (US); and Kerry L. Brusky, Conroe, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US)
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7640183 | Patent Date: | Dec. 29, 2009
| 11.2 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Electronic coupon processing system
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| Inventor(s): |
Dale Burns, 3105 Crooked Stick Dr., Plano, Tex. 75093 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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7501817 | Patent Date: | Mar. 10, 2009
| 11 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Method and apparatus for generating an axisymmetric magnetic field
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| Inventor(s): |
Bruno Luong, Stafford, Tex. (US); Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Sugar Land, Tex. (US); and Martin E. Poitzsch, Sugar Land, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Houston, Tex. (US)
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7640185 | Patent Date: | Dec. 29, 2009
| 11 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Dispensing system and method with radio frequency customer identification
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| Inventor(s): |
Joseph August Giordano, Centerville, Va. (US); Samuel S. Hendricks, Pflugerville, Tex. (US); Carl R. Jacobs, Bertram, Tex. (US); Thomas L. Mays, Austin, Tex. (US); Don Charles McCall, Round Rock, Tex. (US); Geeta Bholanath Nadkarni, Austin, Tex
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| Assignee: | Dresser, Inc., Addison, Tex. (US); ExxonMobile Oil Corporation, Fariview, Va. (US); and Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Tex. (US)
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7635722 | Patent Date: | Dec. 22, 2009
| 10.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Chemical induced intracellular hyperthermia
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| Inventor(s): |
Nicholas Bachynsky, Parkland, Fla. (US); and Woodie Roy, Parkland, Fla. (US)
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| Assignee: | Saint Jude Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Texarkana, Tex. (US)
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7638152 | Patent Date: | Dec. 29, 2009
| 10.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Flexible package having a re-closable zipper
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| Inventor(s): |
Marc A. Jurgovan, Plano, Tex. (US); and Martin B. Dierl, Allen, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, Tex. (US)
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7561997 | Patent Date: | Jul. 14, 2009
| 10.3 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Simulation system including a simulator and a case manager adapted for organizing data files for the simulator in a non-conventional tree like structure
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| Inventor(s): |
Thomas R. Miller, Nr. Wallingford (United Kingdom)
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| Assignee: | Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Houston, Tex. (US)
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7596563 | Patent Date: | Sep. 29, 2009
| 9.9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Computerized file system and method
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| Inventor(s): |
Stephen Willard Dickson, Nashua, N.H. (US)
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| Assignee: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US)
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7635059 | Patent Date: | Dec. 22, 2009
| 9.9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Apparatus and method for rejecting jammed coins
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| Inventor(s): |
Philemon L. Bruner, Katy, Tex. (US); Kurt D. Regenbrecht, Navasota, Tex. (US); and Gary L. Mee, Houston, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | Imonex Services, Inc., Katy, Tex. (US)
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7606543 | Patent Date: | Oct. 20, 2009
| 9.9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Signal quality indicator apparatus and method particularly useful for mobile telephones
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| Inventor(s): |
Jorma Antero Seppanen, Irving, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | Nokia Mobile Phones, Irving, Tex. (US)
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7565303 | Patent Date: | Jul. 21, 2009
| 9.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Pre-paid airline tickets
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| Inventor(s): |
Rahul R. Vaid, New York, N.Y. (US)
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| Assignee: | TechVenture Associates, Inc., Richardson, Tex. (US)
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7499551 | Patent Date: | Mar. 03, 2009
| 9.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Public key infrastructure utilizing master key encryption
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| Inventor(s): |
Philip Jason Mire, Dripping Springs, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, Tex. (US)
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7539357 | Patent Date: | 5/26/2009
| 9.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Method and apparatus for sending and receiving facsimile transmissions over a non-telephonic transmission system
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| Inventor(s): |
David A. Monroe, 7800 IH 10 West, San Antonio, Tex. 78230 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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7595771 | Patent Date: | Sep. 29, 2009
| 9.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Electro-optical, tunable, broadband color modulator
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| Inventor(s): |
Hanna E. Witzgall, Arlington, Va. (US)
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| Assignee: | Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Tex. (US)
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7553306 | Patent Date: | Jun. 30, 2009
| 9.7 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Negative pressure therapy using wall suction
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| Inventor(s): |
Kenneth William Hunt, Dorset (United Kingdom); and Keith Patrick Heaton, Dorset (United Kingdom)
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| Assignee: | KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, Tex. (US)
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7572251 | Patent Date: | Aug. 11, 2009
| 9.7 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Systems and methods for electrosurgical tissue treatment
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| Inventor(s): |
Terry S. Davison, Redwood City, Calif. (US); Jean Woloszko, Austin, Calif. (US); Michael A. Baker, Austin, Calif. (US); Hira V. Thapliyal, Los Altos, Calif. (US); and Philip E. Eggers, Dublin, Ohio (US)
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| Assignee: | ArthroCare Corporation, Austin, Tex. (US)
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7505812 | Patent Date: | Mar. 17, 2009
| 9.7 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Electrosurgical system for treating restenosis of body lumens
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| Inventor(s): |
Philip E. Eggers, Dublin, Ohio (US); and Hira V. Thapliyal, Los Altos, Calif. (US)
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| Assignee: | ArthroCare Corporation, Austin, Tex. (US)
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7635388 | Patent Date: | Dec. 22, 2009
| 9.6 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Device and method for incremental correction of sight disorders and occular diseases
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| Inventor(s): |
Thomas D. Tyler, 4731 McKinney, #1503, Dallas, Tex. 75205 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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7623253 | Patent Date: | Nov. 24, 2009
| 9.5 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Indirect processing of print jobs
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| Inventor(s): |
Alan J Oyama, Caldwell, Id. (US); James S Boyce, Meridian, Id. (US); Dale A. Saur, Boise, Id. (US); and Tracy K Freeman, Boise, Id. (US)
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| Assignee: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US)
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7528133 | Patent Date: | 5/5/2009
| 9.5 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Use of thiazolidinediones derivatives for preventing uterine contractions in premature labour or lactation
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| Inventor(s): |
John A. Copland, III, Houston, Tex. (US); Kirk L. Ives, Dickinson, Tex. (US); and Melvyn Soloff, Galveston, Tex. (US)
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| Assignee: | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, Austin, Tex. (US)
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