Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc is ready to hold talks over a US-backed proposal to waive patents on COVID-19 vaccines. The Commission had been resisting such calls for months.
By WANG MINGJIE in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-06 09:55 Share CLOSE Chinese inventors He Yi (left) and Pi Bo have been nominated for the European Inventor Award 2021 for their work in developing the world s first pulse-detecting fingerprint sensor. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Technology hailed as industry-leading contributes to security of smartphones
Two Chinese inventors have been announced as finalists in the European Inventor Award 2021, for their combined hardware and software for live fingerprint verification, according to the European Patent Office, or EPO.
He Yi and Pi Bo were nominated on Tuesday for developing the world s first fingerprint sensor that can check both a fingerprint s pattern and the presence of a heart rate and blood fl ow.
Making its case, Natcos application said Olumiant is not manufactured in India — less than 9,000 tablets were imported in 2019 and 2020, at an average cost of Rs 3,230 per tablet. Citing the pricing as a significant barrier, it said a 14-day regimen (one tablet a day) works out to approximately Rs 45,220 per patient, which most Indians can ill-afford.
USPTO News
USPTO announced a
new category for its Patents for Humanity Program for
inventors of technology to track, prevent, diagnose, or treat
COVID-19.
USPTO is now accepting circumstances related to COVID-19 as excusable nonuse in trademark maintenance
filings.
Commissioner for Trademarks David Gooder commented on new provisions in the
Trademark Modernization Act, which was signed into law in December,
2020.
Lead Administrative Patent Judges Georgianna Braden and Jessica
Kaiser, Chief Clerk of the Board Erica Swift, David McCombs of
Haynes and Boone LLP, and Pauline Pelletier of Sterne, Kessler,
Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. conducted a Boardside Chat about remote hearings.