patent
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The work, published in Advanced Functional Materials and the subject of a patent application, relies on two key components.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
In 2024, brand-name drugs still under patent protection accounted for just one in 10 of the drugs prescribed to patients and 87.7% of the costs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
A patent application has also been filed for the device.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Dates represent estimated primary patent or exclusivity expirations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
If patent rights, capitalism, and certain religions do promote technology, what selected for those factors in postmedieval Europe but not in contemporary China or India?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The researchers have applied for patents covering the technology in several countries, and two patents have already been authorized.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Wall Street Journal reviewed some 200 patents published over the past two years by Huawei and its partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Basel-based group is facing the expiry of patents for a number of its drugs, including Entresto, a flagship treatment for heart failure.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Drs. Michelle Bradbury and Ulrich Wiesner are inventors on patents related to the technology described in this study.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Alexander Graham Bell, working on development of a talking telegraph, got essential patents toward his efforts in 1876 and 1877, the year he and partners started the Bell Telephone Company.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
If a patented drug is listed by the U.S. government as in short supply, compounders can legally produce it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Also in 2023, engineering firm Hermann Ultraschall bought the rights to develop a patented ultrasonic paper sealing technology, a process which it likens to welding.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
For the new study, the researchers examined much larger particles created through a patented high-temperature flame process.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Unknown but cheerful in his obscurity stands a humble wedding singer, Rick Power, warmly played by Paul Rudd with his patented earnest sweetness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
I worked myself up into an angry storm rather quickly; another Finn Easton patented wild mood swing.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Among their backers was a third Nobel brother, Alfred, already well on his way to immense wealth after patenting dynamite in 1867.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In his spare time, he enjoys inventing and patenting original ideas.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating anti-competitive action by leading benefit managers, as well as drug company patenting tricks that slow the entry of cheaper drugs to the market.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
With the help of hid dad, he setup Arcane Footwear in 2021 after patenting a magnetic spring cushion which can be used in trainers.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
Lawrence eventually accepted the patenting of scientific inventions as a necessary evil.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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