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  • PTAB Institutes Inter Partes Review of Medtronic “Jervis” Patent

    By Adam Gilbert on June 26, 2019 | Leave a response
    On June 11, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141, assigned to Medtronic Vascular, Inc.  The Decision instituted the IPR based on two obviousness grounds, including that "Petitioner has made an adequate showing at this stage that at least claim 1 would have been obvious over Cragg, Pops, a ...

  • New Motion Sickness Glasses Launched

    By Alexander Zeng on June 1, 2019 | Leave a response
    In July 2018, Citroën, the French car manufacturer, unveiled glasses that aid in alleviating motion sickness.  The “Seetoën” glasses, developed by Boarding Ring, purports to eliminate motion sickness symptoms within about 10 minutes of putting them on.  According to Boarding Ring, the Boarding Ring technology includes four rings filled with blue liquid. With the increase of use of ...

  • Boston Scientific Exercises Option to Acquire Transcatheter Annuloplasty Ring Developer Millipede Inc.

    By Tom Cowan on January 20, 2019 | Leave a response
    Global medical device company Boston Scientific has announced on December 27, 2018, that it exercised its option to acquire remaining shares of privately-held medical device company Millipede, Inc. upon its recent successful completion of a first-in-human clinical study.  Boston Scientific previously announced on January 24, 2018, an agreement to make a $90 million investment in Millipe ...
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