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WIPO, the UN patent and innovation agency, said AI was shortening the paths of discovery and fuelling much of the world's economic growth.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
“The speculation about this patent is misguided,” Amazon said then in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
In November 2025 a judge ordered Apple to pay $634m, external to medical tech firm Masimo after a jury found it had infringed a patent for blood-oxygen reading tech.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Walmart told the Financial Times in March that neither patent was about dynamic pricing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It was clear that the speaker, with patent relish, was now reaching the high point of his address.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
In Friday's verdict, external, jurors did not find that Apple had infringed the patents in question willingly.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
A decade ago, pharmaceutical roll-ups like Valeant convinced analysts to exclude amortization from their alternative earnings metrics, even on newly bought drug patents near expiration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
When a country has a relative scarcity of younger workers, that country’s technology sector rises to the occasion, resulting in “more labor-saving patents and growing high-tech activity.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The announcement also noted GoPro’s imaging and optical technology, as well as its more than 2,500 U.S. patents.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Texas Instruments alone has had 225 U.S. patents awarded to its Indian operation.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Stafford and Adams also had one of their patented over-the-shoulder touchdown connections in the corner of the end zone, which made it 21-3 in the third quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"So this retains the biodegradability," she added, declining to reveal further details of the patented process.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
Then in 1781 James Watt patented a rotary steam engine that could turn a shaft and thus power a factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Patenting cell lines is standard today, but it was unheard of in the fifties; regardless, it seems unlikely that Gey would have patented HeLa.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
At Fudan, Lu has continued to research infectious diseases, recently patenting technology for an improved Covid-19 antiviral, which was licensed by an American company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
In his spare time, he enjoys inventing and patenting original ideas.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
But manufacturers have long tweaked the delivery methods, patenting the changes, in ways that sometimes make the drugs more convenient to administer.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 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
And patenting cell lines didn’t require informing or getting permission from the “cell donors.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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