Patents For Recipes

Patents For Recipes Many recipes are considered obvious by the patent office even though it may never have been concocted before and it’s highly popular. One way to getting a patent on a recipe for food or drink is to show unexpected results. US Patents, 7396555, 4737367, and 6551646 are examples of recipe patents that […]
A Patent On A Stick, Literally

A Patent On A Stick, Literally U.S. patent 6,360,693 always reminds me there is always some uncertainty in the law of what’s patentable. I have to hand it to the patent attorney that handled this patent application. Claim 1 of this patent claims (in fancier words of course) a floating animal toy having a main […]
Motion Sensor Activated Rock Light

Motion Sensor Activated Rock Light Is a Motion Sensor Activated Rock Light patentable? See US application serial No. 10/355,389. The Patent Appeals Board answered no, in Ex parte KRAUSE (decided July 14, 2008). The claim applied for was as follows: 1. An apparatus comprising: A translucent housing having the appearance of an article that is […]
Obtaining location updates about a mobile entity for use in a location-sensitive application

Obtaining location updates about a mobile entity for use in a location-sensitive application The BPAI reversed a patent examiner today on a 103(a) rejection of a claim, in Ex Parte Wilcock et al. The claim was to a method of obtaining the position of a mobile object from a first source at a certain frequency and […]