Riddle Patent Law Blog

Patent Grant / Marcus Howard & Donna Harvey, Philadelphia, PA

Riddle — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:30:48 +0000

U.S. Patent No. 7,753,280 for Personal Bank Card Storage Device and Method of Use.

Patent Drawing

Riddle Patent Law Acts as Local Counsel for Jack Thorpe in Thorpe V. Borough of Jim Thorpe, Pending Before the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Riddle — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:28:37 +0000

Find the NPR story here. . . .

NPR News Story – Jim Thorpe

Patent Grant / University of Scranton

Riddle — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:57:02 +0000

U.S. Patent No. 7,681,672 for cryogenic pulsejet and method of use.

A cryogenic system is described for boring a small-diameter hole through various materials including rock, soil and stone. It employs a valveless technique in a borehead [3000] where cryogenic fluid [7] fills at least one pulsejet [3100] which has proximal [3001] and distal [3003] ends. The cryogenic fluid [7] is frozen into a plug [8] near the distal end [3003], acting as a valve. Cryogenic fluid [7] just distal to the frozen plug [8] is rapidly heated by thermal units [3510, 3530] causing it to become a rapidly-expanding gas bubble. The rapidly-expanding gas bubble forces any liquid [7] distal to the expanding gas out of the distal end [3003] of each pulsejet [3100] causing it to impact the material [I]. Rapidly repeating this process causes the system to bore a hole through the material [I].

Patent Attorneys Keep Your Cases Moving at the USPTO

Riddle — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:53:43 +0000

“We use to find some funny stuff, like patent files up above ceiling tiles because the examiners didn’t feel like dealing with that file so if it was ‘lost’ it would take a while to put it back together and would stall (and probably cost the owner of the file a lot of money).”

Gov’t Contractor

We always knew stuff like that was happening. Patent application files would get lost – paper filings through the mail would often fail to get recorded. That causes complete chaos and patent attorneys freak out. During the paper filing days, it was especially troublesome. I envisioned my paper hitting the mailroom late on a Friday afternoon, and some mail clerk throwing the office action in the garbage because they didn’t want to deal with it.

When we (patent attorneys) file, we have these examples in the back of our heads, and make efforts to recover from a “lost” file or other office communication.

I knew it!

Patent Grant / Liquid Precision

Riddle — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:03:01 +0000

U.S. Patent No. 7,556,056 for single point battery watering system with pivot float and ball valve.

The present invention relates to single point fluid supply systems for replenishing a liquid electrolyte in a plurality of battery cells simultaneously and in particular to a series of cell fill valves interconnected by a series of hoses and T-connections, one to each cell, each cell fill valve controlled by a ball in a seat in a single fill opening, the ball controlled by a float on a pivotable lever arm with an end finger which holds the ball up to admit water with the float down and allows the ball to lower onto the seat as the cell fills causing the float to rise to a shutoff level when the cell is filled to a desired level.

Client Perspective: Aaron Burns, CFO Upper Playground

Riddle — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:01:55 +0000

Fine art and fashion converge at Upper Playground, a California based apparel company that operates galleries and retail stores throughout the world. San Francisco is home to Upper Playground’s headquarters and flagship FIFTY24SF Gallery, but the product is sold in various national and international locations. Examples of company operated retail locations are here. For many businesses, securing trademark protection is an afterthought, but Upper Playground CFO Aaron Burns actively addresses brand protection along with the various other operational issues involved with this multifaceted business. If Upper Playground is considering sales in Turkey, for example, we will get an email or a call inquiring into the status or availability of a trademark in that country. Although IP protection is a very small aspect of running an international fine art and apparel business, it still gets diligently addressed.

Patent Grant / University of Scranton

Riddle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:29:58 +0000

U.S. Patent No. 7,584,807 for Multiple Pulsejet Boring Device for rapidly boring through the ground having directional boring capabilities.

ABSTRACT:

A method and device for boring a hole through a material along a desired path includes an umbilical subsystem [2000] connected to a boring subsystem [3000] having a plurality of pulsejets [3100]. These pulsejets [3100] repeatedly receive and ignite a combustible fluid [7] in a combustion chamber [3230] causing a portion of the fluid [7] to be forced out of a nozzle [3260] at high speeds as a fluid slug [10] that impacts materials ahead of the pulsejet [3100].

Now Serving the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area

administrator — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:18 +0000

Riddle Patent Law has contracted with American Executive Centers to better serve its clients in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Our Main Philadelphia regional location can be found in King of Prussia:

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Coming to America / Trademarks

Riddle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:19:07 +0000

In the movie Coming to America Mr. McDowell said look… me and the McDonald’s people got this little misunderstanding. See, they’re McDonald’s… I’m McDowell’s. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds.

Recent Trademark Cases in the Eastern District in Allentown

On October 26, 2009, a complaint for trademark infringement and unfair competition was filed by Tilted Kilt Franchise, LLC in the Allentown Office seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction and damages for use of the trademark TILTED KILT. The Complaint (hyperlink to attached file) states the plaintiff is a franchise company for Tilted Kilt Pubs and defendant operates a pub named The Tilted Kilt in Mount Joy PA. If you are going to build a franchise on a trademark and then license franchisees to use that mark, you must enforce your trademark rights or your franchise has little value.

The 2009 Greenovation Compeition Comes to a Close

administrator — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:05:13 +0000

Another exciting Greenovation Competition has come to a close, and what a year it was. All of the participants had some great products and ideas, and the Williamsport/Lycoming Keystone Innovation Zone did a great job of coordinating this event.

We wish to say congratulations to all of the participants and finalists. This years runner up was Equinox Ltd. who won the Runner Up Prize valued at $2,300 for their reusable Fruit, Nut & Veggie Bags.

Ralph Agnoni, was the winner of the 2009 Greenovation Competition grand prize package. His invention is a water saving device for use with toilets. The device is very innovative, and we here at Riddle Patent Law look forward to working with him to protect is valuable intellectual property.

Congratulations again to all!