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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 N.C.


7514397 Patent Date:Apr. 07, 2009 13.8 Years to be approved
Title: Methods for inhibition of membrane-fusion-associated events, including Hepatitis B virus transmission
Inventor(s): Shawn O'Lin Barney, Cary, N.C. (US); Dennis Michael Lambert, Cary, N.C. (US); and Stephen Robert Petteway, Cary, N.C. (US)
Assignee: Trimeris, Inc., Durham, N.C. (US)
 
7595689 Patent Date:Sep. 29, 2009 10.3 Years to be approved
Title: Predistorter
Inventor(s): Peter B. Kenington, Chepstow (United Kingdom)
Assignee: Andrew LLC, Hickory, N.C. (US)
 
7594167 Patent Date:Sep. 22, 2009 9.7 Years to be approved
Title: System and method for schema evolution in an e-commerce network
Inventor(s): Matthew Fuchs, Los Gatos, Calif. (US); Jari Koistinen, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); and Davidson Andrew, Boulder Creek, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC, Durham, N.C. (US)
 
7552133 Patent Date:Jun. 23, 2009 9.4 Years to be approved
Title: Method of supplying and dispensing prescribed medical supplies through a web site associated with a medical care provider
Inventor(s): Al J. Mooney, 509 Mildenhall Way, Cary, N.C. 27513 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7546251 Patent Date:Jun. 09, 2009 9.3 Years to be approved
Title: Internet capable browser dispenser architecture
Inventor(s): Russel D. Leatherman, Summerfield, N.C. (US); and William C. Royal, Jr., Greensboro, N.C. (US)
Assignee: Gibarco, Inc., Greensboro, N.C. (US)
 
7531501 Patent Date:5/12/2009 9.2 Years to be approved
Title: Method of treating endothelial injury
Inventor(s): Athanasius A. Anagnostou, Greenville, N.C. (US); and George Sigounas, Greenville, N.C. (US)
Assignee: East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C. (US)
 
7601418 Patent Date:Oct. 13, 2009 8.5 Years to be approved
Title: Jacquard or dobby woven textile with graphic impression and a method of making the same
Inventor(s): James M. Sheppard, Jr., 953 Eagle Rd., Weddington, N.C. 28173 (US)
Assignee: James M. Sheppard, Jr., Mooresville, N.C. (US)
 
7622035 Patent Date:Nov. 24, 2009 8.2 Years to be approved
Title: Methods of deresinating crude oils using carbon dioxide
Inventor(s): Nael Naguib Zaki, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Peter Kelley Kilpatrick, Cary, N.C. (US); and Ruben Guillermo Carbonell, Raleigh, N.C. (US)
Assignee: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C. (US)
 
7605308 Patent Date:Oct. 20, 2009 8.1 Years to be approved
Title: Regulation of quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase expression
Inventor(s): Mark A. Conkling, Fuquay Varina, N.C. (US); Wen Song, San Diego, Calif. (US); and Nandini Mendu, Durham, N.C. (US)
Assignee: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C. (US)
 
7587361 Patent Date:Sep. 08, 2009 7.6 Years to be approved
Title: Methods and apparatus for electronic reporting of mortgage delinquency
Inventor(s): Jill Alese Cleary, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Karen Yandle Carpenter, Clayton, N.C. (US); Dawn Marie Wilson, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Marian Joan Murphy, Cary, N.C. (US); and Daniel Earl Williamson, Raleigh, N.C. (US)
Assignee: GE Mortgage Holdings, LLC, Raleigh, N.C. (US)
 
7609808 Patent Date:Oct. 27, 2009 7.6 Years to be approved
Title: Application specific emission and transmission tomography
Inventor(s): Martin P. Tornai, Carrboro, N.C. (US); James E. Bowsher, Durham, N.C. (US); and Joerg Peter, Heidelberg (Germany)
Assignee: Duke University, Durham, N.C. (US)
 
7634460 Patent Date:Dec. 15, 2009 7.5 Years to be approved
Title: Computer-implemented data replacement graphical user interface system and method
Inventor(s): Gregory M. Thorne, Cary, N.C. (US); and Kelly D. Pirrello, Cary, N.C. (US)
Assignee: SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C. (US)
 
7580517 Patent Date:Aug. 25, 2009 7.5 Years to be approved
Title: Methods and systems for providing duplicate point code support in a signaling message routing node
Inventor(s): Seetharaman Khadri, Durham, N.C. (US); Peter Joseph Marsico, Chapel Hill, N.C. (US); Randal Latta Dunn, Jr., Cary, N.C. (US); Thomas Matthew McCann, Morrisville, N.C. (US); and Mark Edward Kanode, Apex, N.C. (US)
Assignee: Tekelec, Morrisville, N.C. (US)
 
7620593 Patent Date:Nov. 17, 2009 7.4 Years to be approved
Title: Method for capital creation for tax-exempt organizations
Inventor(s): Leigh S. Fultz, 305 Johns Bluff Rd., Lewisville, N.C. 27203 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7612252 Patent Date:Nov. 03, 2009 7.4 Years to be approved
Title: Homeotic genes and proteins, uses thereof
Inventor(s): Philip Benfey, 307 Hilllsborough St., Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 (US); and Tal Nawy, 500 N. Duke St., Apt. 54-307, Durham, N.C. 27701 (US)
Assignee: Not Assigned
 
7634423 Patent Date:Dec. 15, 2009 7.3 Years to be approved
Title: Computer-implemented system and method for web activity assessment
Inventor(s): John C. Brocklebank, Raleigh, N.C. (US)
Assignee: SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C. (US)
 
7542930 Patent Date:Jun. 02, 2009 7.2 Years to be approved
Title: Rules based scenario management
Inventor(s): Mark O'Leary, Mountain View, Calif. (US); Chandra Srivastava, San Jose, Calif. (US); Sen Zhang, Ann Arbor, Mich. (US); and Natovian Ward, San Jose, Calif. (US)
Assignee: Open Invention Network, Durham, N.C. (US)
 
7623868 Patent Date:Nov. 24, 2009 7.2 Years to be approved
Title: Multi-band wireless access point comprising coextensive coverage regions
Inventor(s): Mano D. Judd, Rockwall, Tex. (US); Andria Van Der Merwe, Dallas, Tex. (US); and Gregory A. Maca, Rockwall, Tex. (US)
Assignee: Andrew LLC, Hickory, N.C. (US)
 
7493265 Patent Date:Feb. 17, 2009 7.2 Years to be approved
Title: Integrated biomedical information portal system and method
Inventor(s): Andrew Thomas Fagan, Apex, N.C. (US); Lauren A. B. Bond, Apex, N.C. (US); Andrew Joseph Foglia, Holly Springs, N.C. (US); Martin Francis Michael, Chapel Hill, N.C. (US); Brian Lee Stratton, Raleigh, N.C. (US); and Peter Alan Villiers, Apex, N.C. (US)
Assignee: SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C. (US)
 
7533508 Patent Date:5/19/2009 7.2 Years to be approved
Title: Connector for connecting building components
Inventor(s): Edward R. diGirolamo, Raleigh, N.C. (US); and Michael L. Torres, Raleigh, N.C. (US)
Assignee: The Steel Network, Inc., Raleigh, N.C. (US)
 
7598355 Patent Date:Oct. 06, 2009 7.2 Years to be approved
Title: Characterization of GRP94-ligand interactions and purification, screening, and therapeutic methods relating thereto
Inventor(s): Christopher V. Nicchitta, Durham, N.C. (US); James J. Wassenberg, Durham, N.C. (US); Meredith F. N. Rosser, Durham, N.C. (US); and Robyn C. Reed, Durham, N.C. (US)
Assignee: Duke University, Durham, N.C. (US)
 
7498332 Patent Date:Mar. 03, 2009 7.1 Years to be approved
Title: Therapy for cerebral vasospasm
Inventor(s): Laura E. Niklason, Hillsborough, N.C. (US); Andy McKee, Durham, N.C. (US); and Cecil Borel, Chapel Hill, N.C. (US)
Assignee: Duke University, Durham, N.C. (US)
 
7541151 Patent Date:Jun. 02, 2009 7 Years to be approved
Title: Single-cell biosensor for the measurement of GPCR ligands in a test sample
Inventor(s): Lawrence S. Barak, Durham, N.C. (US); Michael A. Shetzline, Chapel Hill, N.C. (US); Robert H. Oakley, Durham, N.C. (US); and Marc G. Caron, Hillsborough, N.C. (US)
Assignee: Duke University, Durham, N.C. (US)
 
7547321 Patent Date:Jun. 16, 2009 7 Years to be approved
Title: Removable stent and method of using the same
Inventor(s): Gerard A. Silvestri, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (US); and Lutz Freitag, Hemer (Germany)
Assignee: Alveolus Inc., Charlotte, N.C. (US)
 
7601674 Patent Date:Oct. 13, 2009 6.9 Years to be approved
Title: α-oxygenated or α-thiolated carboxylic acid phenethylamide derivatives
Inventor(s): Martin Zeller, Muenchwilen (Switzerland); Clemens Lamberth, Basel (Switzerland); and Miroslav Kriz, Bratislava (Slovakia (Slovak Republic))
Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Greensboro, N.C. (US)
 
 

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