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US Patent Office - Delays In Getting Technology Protection

Mequon, WI, January 4, 2010 - Telaric Ideas releases its annual tabulation of the time it takes to get a patent.

Patents in 2009 taking the longest time to be approved for the state of Md.


7630919 Patent Date:Dec. 08, 2009 12.4 Years to be approved
Title: Method and apparatus for producing goods in an automated manner
Inventor(s): Wells Obrecht, 509 Edgevale Rd., Baltimore, Md. 21210 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7599875 Patent Date:Oct. 06, 2009 10.8 Years to be approved
Title: Dual quote market system
Inventor(s): Richard G. Ketchum, Alexandria, Va. (US); Alfred R. Berkeley, III, Baltimore, Md. (US); and Joseph Della Rosa, Short Hills, N.J. (US)
Assignee: The Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc., Rockville, Md. (US)
 
7624632 Patent Date:12/1/2009 10.3 Years to be approved
Title: Constant-temperature-difference flow sensor, and integrated flow, temperature, and pressure sensor
Inventor(s): Scott Baxter Hoyle, Maple Shade, N.J. (US); Ertugrul Berkcan, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US); and Michael Anthony McSweeney, Spotswood, N.J. (US)
Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Md. (US)
 
7577597 Patent Date:Aug. 18, 2009 9.9 Years to be approved
Title: System for financial planning
Inventor(s): Suzanne S. Allison, Baltimore, Md. (US); Joseph P. Healy, Baltimore, Md. (US); Phillip Liebes, Baltimore, Md. (US); and James M. Surguine, Laurel, Md. (US)
Assignee: T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Baltimore, Md. (US)
 
7610597 Patent Date:Oct. 27, 2009 9.8 Years to be approved
Title: Process for providing targeted user content blended with a media stream
Inventor(s): Jayne F. Johnson, McLean, Va. (US); and G. Thomas DesJardins, Annandale, Va. (US)
Assignee: Lightningcast, Inc., Baltimore, Md. (US)
 
7620555 Patent Date:Nov. 17, 2009 9.7 Years to be approved
Title: Process for computer implemented manuscript review
Inventor(s): Joel Fredric Plotkin, Bethesda, Md. (US)
Assignee: Precision Computer Works, Inc., Bethesda, Md. (US)
 
7526051 Patent Date:Apr. 28, 2009 9.6 Years to be approved
Title: Method and system for interference cancellation for high spectral efficiency satellite communications
Inventor(s): Bassel F. Beidas, Alexandria, Va. (US); Stanley E. Kay, Rockville, Md. (US); and A. Roger Hammons, Jr., North Potomac, Md. (US)
Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, Inc., Germantown, Md. (US)
 
7509270 Patent Date:Mar. 24, 2009 9.4 Years to be approved
Title: Electronic Book having electronic commerce features
Inventor(s): John S. Hendricks, Potomac, Md. (US); Michael L. Asmussen, Herndon, Va. (US); and John S. McCoskey, Castle Rock, Colo. (US)
Assignee: Discovery Communications, Inc., Silver Spring, Md. (US)
 
7557144 Patent Date:Jul. 07, 2009 9.3 Years to be approved
Title: Modulation of protein expression using carbocyclic aryl alkenoic acid derivatives
Inventor(s): Pamela L. Zeitlin, Baltimore, Md. (US); and Saul Brusilow, Baltimore, Md. (US)
Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. (US)
 
7491388 Patent Date:Feb. 17, 2009 9.3 Years to be approved
Title: Uses of fibroblasts or supernatants from fibroblasts for the suppression of immune responses in transplantation
Inventor(s): Kevin R. Mc Intosh, Ellicott City, Md. (US); Joseph D. Mosca, Ellicott City, Md. (US); and Elena N. Klyushnenkova, Baltimore, Md. (US)
Assignee: Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., Baltimore, Md. (US)
 
7584250 Patent Date:Sep. 01, 2009 9.2 Years to be approved
Title: Method and system for distributing an invention disclosure over an intranet
Inventor(s): Connie Chapman, Manassas, Va. (US); and Melanie Langston, Manassas, Va. (US)
Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md. (US)
 
7563265 Patent Date:Jul. 21, 2009 9.1 Years to be approved
Title: Apparatus for strengthening vertebral bodies
Inventor(s): Kieran P. J. Murphy, 119 Beechdale Rd., Baltimore, Md. 21210 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7522835 Patent Date:Apr. 21, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: Method of testing bit error rates for a wavelength division multiplexed optical communication system
Inventor(s): Jarod Guertin, Perry Hall, Md. (US); and Michael J. Ransford, Millersville, Md. (US)
Assignee: Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, Md. (US)
 
7566768 Patent Date:Jul. 28, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: Promyostatin peptides and methods of using same
Inventor(s): Se-Jin Lee, Baltimore, Md. (US); and Alexandra C. McPherron, Baltimore, Md. (US)
Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. (US)
 
7617121 Patent Date:Nov. 10, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: Apparatus and method for hyperlinking specific words in content to turn the words into advertisements
Inventor(s): John DeMayo, Baltimore, Md. (US); and Robert Aguilar, Vernon (Canada)
Assignee: Platform-A Inc., Baltimore, Md. (US)
 
7598225 Patent Date:Oct. 06, 2009 9 Years to be approved
Title: Generation of immune response to prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
Inventor(s): Jeffrey Schlom, Potomac, Md. (US); and Dennis L. Panicali, Acton, Mass. (US)
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Md. (US)
 
7574486 Patent Date:Aug. 11, 2009 8.8 Years to be approved
Title: Web page content translator
Inventor(s): Yin Cheng, Vienna, Va. (US); Wilfredo Padin, Ashburn, Va. (US); Rongli Jiang, Herndon, Va. (US); and Andrew Fedorchek, Centreville, Va. (US)
Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Annapolis, Md. (US)
 
7537772 Patent Date:5/26/2009 8.7 Years to be approved
Title: Chlamydia protein, gene sequence and the uses thereof
Inventor(s): W. James Jackson, Marriottsville, Md. (US)
Assignee: Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc., Gaithersburg, Md. (US)
 
7599855 Patent Date:Oct. 06, 2009 8.6 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for a complete and convenient shopping experience
Inventor(s): Lester Sussman, 9213 Bulls Run Pkwy., Bethesda, Md. 20817 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7618783 Patent Date:Nov. 17, 2009 8.6 Years to be approved
Title: Anthrax specific antibodies
Inventor(s): Beverly Lynn Mangold, Rockville, Md. (US); Jennifer Lynn Aldrich, Silver Spring, Md. (US); and Thomas W. O'Brien, Fairfax, Va. (US)
Assignee: Tetracore, Inc., Rockville, Md. (US)
 
7519654 Patent Date:Apr. 14, 2009 8.4 Years to be approved
Title: Web gateway multi-carrier support
Inventor(s): Richard A. Smith, Anne Arundel, Md. (US); and Nikhil Bhadange, Anne Arundel, Md. (US)
Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Annapolis, Md. (US)
 
7555011 Patent Date:Jun. 30, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: SEAMA:a source encoding assisted multiple access protocol for wireless communication
Inventor(s): Mehdi Alasti, College Park, Md. (US); and Nariman Farvardin, Potomac, Md. (US)
Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Md. (US)
 
7633858 Patent Date:Dec. 15, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: Providing embedded protection in a network cross-connect device for SONET networks
Inventor(s): Ghassan Semaan, Fremont, Calif. (US); and Ramana Kalapatapu, San Jose, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, Md. (US)
 
7556086 Patent Date:Jul. 07, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: Orientation-independent thermosyphon heat spreader
Inventor(s): Yogendra Joshi, Burtonsville, Md. (US); Sunil S. Murthy, Greenbelt, Md. (US); and Wataru Nakayama, Rockville, Md. (US)
Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Md. (US)
 
7597886 Patent Date:Oct. 06, 2009 8.3 Years to be approved
Title: Tumor necrosis factor-gamma
Inventor(s): Guo-Liang Yu, Berkeley, Calif. (US); Jian Ni, Germantown, Md. (US); Craig A. Rosen, Laytonsville, Md. (US); and Jun Zhang, Bethesda, Md. (US)
Assignee: Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Md. (US)
 
 

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