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Bio-Friendly Plant Nutrient Delivery Patent Awarded

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A process for delivering nutrients for crop growth that its developers say is more sustainable than most fertilizer methods today received a U.S. patent. . . . → Read More: Bio-Friendly Plant Nutrient Delivery Patent Awarded

Patent Issued for Synthetic Peptide Chain Techniques

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

A new U.S. patent, licensed to a start-up biotechnology company, describes processes for linking together chains of synthetic peptides into therapeutic proteins. . . . → Read More: Patent Issued for Synthetic Peptide Chain Techniques

Patent Awarded for Focused Ultrasound Skin Treatments

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

A company developing non-invasive ultrasound treatments for treating skin disorders and removing tattoos received a patent for its technology. . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Focused Ultrasound Skin Treatments

Patent Issued for Crispr-Edited Viruses in Microbiome

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A biotechnology company developing gene-edited therapies for bacterial infections in the gut received a U.S. patent for viruses engineered as treatments. . . . → Read More: Patent Issued for Crispr-Edited Viruses in Microbiome

Patent Issued for Anti-Bacterial Viruses with Crispr Payloads

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A biotechnology company received a patent for its engineered viruses to deliver gene-edited treatments to combat bacterial infections in the microbiome. . . . → Read More: Patent Issued for Anti-Bacterial Viruses with Crispr Payloads

Patent Board Rules for Broad Inst. in Crispr Case

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A U.S. patent appeals board ruled that the Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT is the discoverer of Crispr gene editing techniques in animal cells. . . . → Read More: Patent Board Rules for Broad Inst. in Crispr Case

Patent Awarded for Opioid Risk System with Geographic Data

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A company analyzing public health data by geography and social factors received a patent for its system identifying likely opioid addiction hot spots. . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Opioid Risk System with Geographic Data

Patent Awarded for Safer Cancer Drug Delivery

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A pharmaceutical R&D company is receiving a patent for its process that encapsulates and better targets chemotherapy drugs for cancer patients. . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for Safer Cancer Drug Delivery

Patent Awarded for DNA Tags on Synthetic Fibers

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A company creating tags similar to bar codes from nucleic acids like DNA received a patent for a process to identify and track synthetic fibers made from wood. . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for DNA Tags on Synthetic Fibers

Infographic – IBM Leads Again in Patent Awards

Chart: patents awarded in 2018

Statista prepared a chart this week with data from an annual report by the Intellectual Property Owners Association, this weekend’s infographic on Science & Enterprise. . . . → Read More: Infographic – IBM Leads Again in Patent Awards