News tagged with patent searches

Google bids $900 million for Nortel patents

Internet giant Google said Monday it is bidding $900 million to buy the patent portfolio of Canadian technology company Nortel at a bankruptcy auction.

Technology / Business

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

A patent success

(PhysOrg.com) -- A European project has created a powerful patent search service for SMEs. It is a major step forward as patents and patent information are extremely valuable.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0




Search results for patent searches


Italian professor launches challenge to Google

An Italian computer science professor whose research helped inspire Google launched a new search engine and social media network on Monday that he hopes will challenge the US technology giant.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Film coatings made from whey

Convenience foods are growing in popularity, and the food they contain is usually protected by films based on petrochemicals. Now researchers have not only developed a biomaterial from whey protein, they have ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers hope to use bugged bugs for search and rescue

(PhysOrg.com) -- While search and rescue dogs are currently used to help locate survivors of earthquakes or other disasters, new research hopes to make this job easier by turning to bugs. Insects have the ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried

Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Web giants, film companies at odds over anti-piracy bills

Film director Penelope Spheeris' new comedy, "Balls to the Wall," had barely premiered in Europe when bootleg copies started popping up on the Internet, throwing its U.S. release into jeopardy. A Spheeris assistant sent out ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insect cyborgs may become first responders, search and monitor hazardous environs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Giving thanks: Rutgers works to build a better cranberry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Building better cranberries is Nicholi Vorsa’s business, a process that can’t be rushed. 

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UC Berkeley start-up creates energy-efficient buildings

A promising idea came to light in 2003 in UC Berkeley’s Department of Architecture. A group of UC Berkeley engineers had been meeting regularly with commercial builders and designers in the school’s ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple presses legal war over Android

Steve Jobs' legacy at Apple Inc. goes well beyond cool gadgets, a thriving retail chain and a music empire.

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Apple's next big thing?

Along with revelations about his "thermonuclear war" on Google and funding of non-traditional cancer treatments, Steve Jobs' newly published biography drops a bomb about the next big thing he and Apple were working on.

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0


List of search results for patent searches