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Does iBooks Author use US patent 2012/0221436?
US patent application 2012/0221436 is about teachers that create, using special software, textbooks that will be sold. This is the same thing that iBooks Author does, isn't it?
Therefore: does Apple ...
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Prior art for patent in Whitserv v Computer Packages case
In reading the Whitserv v Computer Packages case and blog entry from Patently-O, I’m having problems in seeing how patent 6,981,007 is valid. I noticed that there is another question regarding this ...
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Prior art for an oil and gas lease and royalty management software program
US8249994 Claim 19 appears to claim no more than:
A mineral lease management system (managing information about oil
and gas leases and wells)
Allowing a user to input data about a lease over the ...
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Prior Art for Onsite backup for internet-based data processing
Our startup is trying to provide a backup solution for Google Apps for your domain. In principle it's a software running on the client computer. Our software then connects to Google via APIs (GData) + ...
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Web site with restricted functionality until registers, then full functionality
US Patent #7,353,199 is about a system for creating a web site where the user gets "restricted" access (less that full functionality) during a trial period, but "full" access once the user registers ...
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Prior art for bed management in healthcare
While browsing freshpatents.com for software patents, I happened upon Patent Application #20120226507, which seeks to patent a system for moving patient beds from one room to another. The claims:
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