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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 Tenn.
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7576058 | Patent Date: | Aug. 18, 2009
| 9.5 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Method for importing biologically active molecules into cells
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| Inventor(s): |
Yao-Zhong Lin, Nashville, Tenn. (US); and Jack J. Hawiger, Nashville, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. (US)
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7542912 | Patent Date: | Jun. 02, 2009
| 8.9 Years to be approved |
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Title: | System, apparatus, and methods for developing and delivering health information
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| Inventor(s): |
Whitney Durand, 1914 E. Brow Rd., Signal Mountain, Tenn. 37377 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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7553929 | Patent Date: | Jun. 30, 2009
| 8.6 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Cell permeable peptides for inhibition of inflammatory reactions and methods of use
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| Inventor(s): |
Jack J. Hawiger, Nashville, Tenn. (US); Daniel Robinson, Lexington, Ky. (US); Ruth Ann Veach, Brentwood, Tenn. (US); Xue Yan Liu, Nashville, Tenn. (US); Danya Liu, Nashville, Tenn. (US); Sheila Downs, Nashville, Tenn. (US); Robert D. Collins, Nashville, Tenn. (US); and Yao-Zhong Lin, Nashville, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. (US)
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7622557 | Patent Date: | Nov. 24, 2009
| 8.5 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Antibodies having binding specificity for the extracellular domain of a breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP)
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| Inventor(s): |
Brian Sorrentino, Memphis, Tenn. (US); and John Schuetz, Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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7486782 | Patent Date: | Feb. 03, 2009
| 8.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Multifunction data port providing an interface between a digital network and electronics in residential or commercial structures
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| Inventor(s): |
Charles E. Roos, 2507 Ridgewood Dr., Nashville, Tenn. 37215 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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7499872 | Patent Date: | Mar. 03, 2009
| 8.3 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Methods and systems for applying rebates to higher education
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| Inventor(s): |
Michael P. Thompson, Nashville, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Tuition Fund, LLC, Nashville, Tenn. (US)
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7580856 | Patent Date: | Aug. 25, 2009
| 8.2 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Systems and methods for distributing targeted incentives to financial institution customers
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| Inventor(s): |
Robert Kenneth Pliha, McMinnville, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Robert K. Pliha, McMinnville, Tenn. (US)
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7485616 | Patent Date: | Feb. 03, 2009
| 7.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Methods of investigating, diagnosing, and treating amyloidosis
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| Inventor(s): |
Alan Solomon, Knoxville, Tenn. (US); Jonathan Stuart Wall, Knoxville, Tenn. (US); Rudi Hrncic, Knoxville, Tenn. (US); and Maria Schell, Knoxville, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, Tenn. (US)
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7625378 | Patent Date: | 12/1/2009
| 7.2 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Devices and methods for securing a bone plate to a bony segment
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| Inventor(s): |
Kevin T. Foley, Germantown, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.,
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7485125 | Patent Date: | Feb. 03, 2009
| 7.1 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Cutting instrument
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| Inventor(s): |
Douglas D. Sjostrom, Tewksbury, Mass. (US)
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| Assignee: | Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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7572276 | Patent Date: | Aug. 11, 2009
| 7.1 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Minimally invasive instruments and methods for inserting implants
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| Inventor(s): |
Roy Lim, Germantown, Tenn. (US); and Michael C. Sherman, Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.,
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7547307 | Patent Date: | Jun. 16, 2009
| 6.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Computer assisted knee arthroplasty instrumentation, systems, and processes
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| Inventor(s): |
Christopher Patrick Carson, Collierville, Tenn. (US); Crista Smothers, Cordova, Tenn. (US); and Christopher M. Lyons, Hernando, Miss. (US)
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| Assignee: | Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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7621878 | Patent Date: | Nov. 24, 2009
| 6.8 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Implant for in-vivo parameter monitoring, processing and transmitting
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| Inventor(s): |
Milton N. Ericson, Knoxville, Tenn. (US); Timothy E. McKnight, Greenback, Tenn. (US); Stephen F. Smith, London, Tenn. (US); and James O. Hylton, Clinton, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (US)
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7485747 | Patent Date: | Feb. 03, 2009
| 6.7 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Two stage oxidation process for the production of aromatic dicarboxylic acids
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| Inventor(s): |
Ronald Buford Sheppard, Kingsport, Tenn. (US); Charles Edwan Sumner, Jr., Kingsport, Tenn. (US); and Brent Alan Tennant, Kingsport, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tenn. (US)
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7572292 | Patent Date: | Aug. 11, 2009
| 6.6 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Hinged joint system
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| Inventor(s): |
Paul Crabtree, Nesbit, Miss. (US); Greg Marik, Germantown, Tenn. (US); Abraham Salehi, Bartlett, Tenn. (US); Kevin Weaver, Bartlett, Tenn. (US); Frantz Langlais, Rennes (France); Denis Huten, Vincennes (France); and Dennis Harrison, Nesbit, Miss. (US)
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| Assignee: | Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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7559940 | Patent Date: | Jul. 14, 2009
| 6.6 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Surgical biting punch
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| Inventor(s): |
David A. McGuire, Anchorage, Ak. (US); and Paul A. Torrie, Marblehead, Mass. (US)
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| Assignee: | Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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7491861 | Patent Date: | Feb. 17, 2009
| 6.6 Years to be approved |
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Title: | In-drum pyrolysis
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| Inventor(s): |
J. Bradley Mason, Pasco, Wash. (US)
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| Assignee: | Studsvik, Inc., Erwin, Tenn. (US)
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7547728 | Patent Date: | Jun. 16, 2009
| 6.5 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Treating muscle wasting with selective androgen receptor modulators
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| Inventor(s): |
Mitchell S. Steiner, Germantown, Tenn. (US); Karen A. Veverka, Cordova, Tenn. (US); James T. Dalton, Columbus, Ohio (US); and Duane D. Miller, Germantown, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, Tenn. (US)
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7582880 | Patent Date: | Sep. 01, 2009
| 6.5 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Neutron detector using lithiated glass-scintillating particle composite
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| Inventor(s): |
Steven Wallace, Knoxville, Tenn. (US); Andrew C. Stephan, Knoxville, Tex. (US); Sheng Dai, Knoxville, Tenn. (US); and Hee-Jung Im, Knoxville, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Neutron Sciences, Inc., Knoxville, Tenn. (US)
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7608338 | Patent Date: | Oct. 27, 2009
| 6.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | High brightness coating compositions and related products
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| Inventor(s): |
Jay Cheng Song, Highland Mills, N.Y. (US); and Sen Yang, Nanuet, N.Y. (US)
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| Assignee: | International Paper Company, Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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7501041 | Patent Date: | Mar. 10, 2009
| 6.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Bleached, mechanical paper pulp and the production method therefor
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| Inventor(s): |
Claude Riou, Menthon St. Bernard (France)
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| Assignee: | International Paper Company, Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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7491155 | Patent Date: | Feb. 17, 2009
| 6.4 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Balanced stackable dumbbell system
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| Inventor(s): |
Paul J. Fenelon, 13 Inverary, Nashville, Tenn. 37215 (US); Lawrence Morgan, 34 Industry St., Nashville, Tenn. 37210 (US); and Michael P. Sohr, 4030 Overbrook Ct., Nashville, Tenn. 37204 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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7608074 | Patent Date: | Oct. 27, 2009
| 6.3 Years to be approved |
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Title: | External fixation apparatus and method
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| Inventor(s): |
Gene Edward Austin, Bartlett, Tenn. (US); Anthony James, Bartlett, Tenn. (US); Wayne Rankhorn, Rossville, Tenn. (US); Johnny Mason, Memphis, Tenn. (US); and Carlos Rodriguez, Gleason, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. (US)
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7595056 | Patent Date: | Sep. 29, 2009
| 6.3 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Methods of rejuvenating Leydig cells and enhancing testosterone production in a male subject
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| Inventor(s): |
S. M. L. Chamindrani Mendis-Handagama, Knoxville, Tenn. (US)
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| Assignee: | University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, Tenn. (US)
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7575018 | Patent Date: | Aug. 18, 2009
| 6.3 Years to be approved |
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Title: | Alignment device for valve bonnet
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| Inventor(s): |
Michael C. Smith, 2502 Fairview Blvd., Fairview, Tenn. 37062 (US)
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| Assignee: | Not Assigned
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