I am not a business man enough to work in patents and all that.

Easy to understand why they believe in patents and lean to more of them.

The opposition has effect on all designated states in the European patent.

The result has been sharp growth in patents and litigation.

Hitachi led all companies in American patents last year, with 1,053.

The company's technique measures the role science plays in American patents.

And after 17 years there's been full documentation of the technology published in the patent, which then becomes completely free for anyone to use.

However, i4i denies that s4 used the techniques described in the patent.

A number of the activities resulted in published papers and patents.