Ramey & Schwaller wishes to congratulate its client Raptor Rig, Inc. on issuance of U.S. Patent Number 9,511,196 B2 titled Dual Device Apparatus and Methods Usable in Well Drilling and other Operations on January 24, 2017. The present disclosure relates generally to devices and methods useable du...
I am tremendously grateful that I will again judge the Rice Business Plan Competition. The Rice Business Plan Competition is the world's richest and largest graduate-level student startup competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and entrepreneurship, which is R...
Ramey & Schwaller congratulates its client Custom Medical Applications for U.S. Patent No. 9,302,072. The patent claims a novel neural injection system and related methods for use in various endoscopic procedures. The patent issued in April of 2016. Ramey & Schwaller is a full-service intellectu...
Ramey & Schwaller congratulates its managing partner Bill Ramey for being named by H Texas magazine as a 2017 Houston's Top Lawyer! Ramey & Schwaller is a full-service intellectual property law firm working with a national client base from our Houston, Texas office. We are dedicated to enhancing...
Ramey & Schwaller congratulates its client M&O Solutions, LLC for U.S. Patent No. 9,333,154. The patent claims an dual oral composition is provided having a first peroxide containing component and a second bicarbonate-containing component having exceptional anti-plaque and antibacterial action ...
Ramey & Schwaller congratulates its client Vinay Badhwar for U.S. Patent No. 9,358,109. The patent claims a transcorporeal delivery system and method provide the ability to perform minimally invasive valve replacement surgery. The transcorporeal delivery system provides a device and method for ...
Ramey & Schwaller congratulates its client Vinay Badhwar for U.S. Patent No. 9,357,999. The patent claims an automatic suturing apparatus comprises triggers that activate suturing and securing of the tissue of a patient. An automatic suturing apparatus also comprises triggers that activate sutur...
Ramey & Schwaller congratulates its founder Bill Ramey for selection to the 2017 Super Lawyer list for Intellectual Property Litigation. Bill has been selected each of 2012-2017. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-...
On September 30, 2016, the District Court in the Middle District of North Carolina denied The University of Chicago, Margaret Greer and Elizabeth Rhodes' Motion for Summary Judgment as to Olivares' clam of copyright infringement, deciding that a jury would hear the case. Trial is now set for Apr...
The Firm is pleased to expand its Life Science Team. Dr. Fox has over twenty year's experience in intellectual property including counseling U.S. and international clients on all aspects of U.S. intellectual property law, including patent law in a wide range of technologies, including biotechnol...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has increased its international search fee from $1,378 to $1,530, effective Oct. 1, 2016. The USPTO's entire fee schedule can be found here.
On November 15–17, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will provide training on examination practice and procedure as part of the USPTO's our Stakeholder Training on Examination Practice and Procedure (STEPP) program. The three-day course is offered to the public, is intended for those who have ...
On October 28, 2016, the Law Review of Texas A&M Law Review will host a symposium regarding agriculture, intellectual property, and feeding the world in the 21st century. Legal aspects of developing agricultural technologies, such plant and animal breeding genetics, will be among the topics discu...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is proposing to set or adjust certain patent fees. The USPTO typically reviews fee levels on at least a biennial basis. The fee adjustment proposals include increases on fees for large entity utility filing, searches, and examinations. Small ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is co-sponsoring an event to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the America Invents Act (AIA) on September 21, 2016, from 3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. (EST) in the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, D.C. The event will feature remarks from USPTO le...
Patent attorney Joby A. Hughes will speak on how to protect your brand across countries and jurisdictions, key IP clauses for international contracts, survey and seizure programs with the US Marshals Office regarding importing and exporting. https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/declin...
Ramey & Schwaller filed an appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for Northern Therapeutics, Inc. regarding the rejection of claims 17 and 40 of United States Patent Application Serial Number 11/696,039 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The PTAB issued its deci...
Ramey & Schwaller, LLP's Bill Ramey was appointed to the Texas A&M University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Steering Council. The goals of the council are to provide engineering students well defined pathways to develop entrepreneurial mindsets through immersive experiences in curricular and co-...
Law360 published an article regarding Ramey & Schwaller client Global Equity Management SA Pty. Ltd.'s Response in Opposition to a Motion To Transfer Venue filed by TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor's motion asked the court to transfer the patent infringement suit from the Eastern District of Texas to th...
Ramey & Schwaller congratulates one of its attorneys, Harry Laxton Jr., on becoming licensed to practice law in the state of New York. He was sworn into the New York Bar earlier this week in New York's capital, Albany. Mr. Laxton has litigated in courts in several states, including Texas, New Yor...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that it will be adding additional law schools to the USPTO's Law School Clinic Certification Program. The Program allows law students to practice patent and/or trademark law before the USPTO under the guidance of a law school fac...
The Defendants' website(s) or one of its websites linked directly or indirectly thereto, accesses Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) which infringes one or more claims of United States Patent No. 6,690,400 and United States Patent No. 7,356,677. Lawsuits were filed against Ericsson, Inc.; Johnson & Jo...
Ramey & Schwaller issued U.S. Pat. No. 9,131,960 covering a safety neural injection system that includes at least a partially hollow cannula having an inside diameter, an outside diameter, a first length, a side port located coaxially along the hollow cannula for fluid communication between the i...
Combat veteran Stephen Seidel sued the New Caney Independent School District alleging that school officials failed to accommodate his post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) under the Americans with Disabilities Act when the school forced him to attend a pep rally. Exploding sounds at the pep rall...
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