http://www.patent.org/news-tpl.php?xml=june2005 Patent.org patent, trademark and copyright news for June 2005 22 June 2005 18:22:36 GMT info@patent.org Copyright 2005 Patent.org http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif en-us June 11, 2005 http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14678336 Rob DeMoss never thought that kicking a bowl with Disney characters on it with his 2-year-old son would lead to the invention of a new game. The Menallen Township man is the inventor of Kick Hockey, a combination of soccer and hockey, and is showing off his creation at the Invention and New Product Exposition in Pittsburgh. "I was living in Perryopolis in 1995 and was just kicking a bowl around the kitchen floor with my son, Collin," DeMoss said. "I just had the idea that this could be really fun." http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif June 10, 2005 http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2005/06/svw_exclusive_i_1.php Mr Engelbart and his teams of researchers at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) shaped the look and feel of the PC, as John Markoff chronicles in his latest book What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry. Mr Markoff's book raises the profile of Mr Engelbart, well known as the inventor of the computer mouse, and less well known for his seminal work in creating many of the concepts later found in the personal computer. http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif June 10, 2005 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8171930/ Two American scientists and an Austrian conductor won this year's Kyoto Prizes, the Japanese awards for achievement in the arts and sciences. http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif June 10, 2005 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1389809.htm Inventor Sonette Ehlers says women will soon be able to wear a device which would attach itself to the rapist's penis by microscopic hooks as he withdraws. "The rape device is a condom, it's shaped almost like a tampon," she said. "Hollow inside and the inner wall of it is lined, and there we have got all our technology and little hooks which, upon forced penetration, will attach to the skin of the perpetrator and only a medical doctor can remove it. "He'll have to turn himself in, so he's marked for immediate identification." http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif June 9, 2005 http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/managing/articles/1,15114,1048349,00.html He revolutionized the way that many blind people read when he invented a machine that scanned printed material and read it aloud, and when Ray Kurzweil sold the device to Xerox for $6 million, he could have retired and lived comfortably off the proceeds. Instead, the restless, ebullient MIT-trained engineer and entrepreneur continues to create new products, through He revolutionized the way that many blind people read when he invented a machine that scanned printed material and read it aloud, and when Ray Kurzweil sold the device to Xerox for $6 million, he could have retired and lived comfortably off the proceeds. Instead, the restless, ebullient MIT-trained engineer and entrepreneur continues to create new products, through a venture that projects $15 million in sales for 2005. http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif June 9, 2005 http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2005/06/09/a3e_ronsecureit_0609.html Van Vliet's glass sucking plastic starfish is a locking device that allows sliding glass doors and windows to open for pets or ventilation while preventing intruder entry. Van Vliet will be appearing on QVC shopping network in August. http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif June 9, 2005 http://www.sdbj.com/industry_article.asp?aID=83466456.8338236.1153958.97382702.4571481.446 Patriot Scientific, a Rancho Bernardo high-tech firm that has been litigating ownership rights of a series of patents on microprocessors for the past three years, said it has settled a dispute with The TPL Group, representing the defendants who also claimed ownership of the patents. http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif June 6, 2005 http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23763 A federal jury in California has awarded an inventor a nearly $9 million judgment in a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft. The 1994 patent was for software linking the company's Excel spreadsheet and Access database programs. http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif June 3, 2005 http://www.wkowtv.com/index.php/news/story/p/pkid/21370 Inventor Warren Gilson created the adjustable, handheld pipette in Madison in 1972. The jury in U-S District Court ruled that Rainin Instrument Company of Oakland, California, breached its contract as the exclusive distributor of pipettes manufactured by Gilson Incorporated of Middleton and it awarded 500-thousand dollars in lost profits and 70-thousand dollars in lost royalties to Gilson. http://www.patent.org/img/news/news-null.gif