A Beltsville-based technology company is developing a first-of-its-kind device that could make it easier for people with severe lung and neuromuscular disorders to breathe.

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SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics Co. has applied for U.S. and South Korean trademarks for a watch that connects to the Internet in the latest sign that consumer technology companies see wearable devices as the future of their business. ...

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Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision announced Thursday that human genes and naturally occurring DNA are not patentable, GeneDX, a Gaithersburg-based genetic testing laboratory, said it will launch by Aug. 1 a suite of comprehensive genetic tests for inherited cancers, including the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out attempts to patent human genes, siding with advocates who say the multibillion-dollar biotechnology industry should not have exclusive control over genetic information found inside the human body. But the high ...

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Drawing a legal line to determine when human genetic material ceases to be a creation of nature and instead becomes a patentable product is not easy — even for the U.S. Supreme Court.

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NEW YORK — Agricultural products giant Monsanto and DuPont on Tuesday said they reached a deal to dismiss pending patent lawsuits against one another and entered a series of multi-million dollar licensing agreements. The lawsuits included antitrust and first-generation Roundup ...

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Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc., of Bethesda, a biotechnology company developing personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced that it has been issued a U.S. patent covering novel processes for manufacturing human dendritic cells.

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For many patent attorneys, the past few weeks have been like tax season for accountants, as changes to the nation’s patent system take effect Saturday.

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NEW YORK — A federal judge in Madison, Wis., on Monday threw out a suit by Apple Inc. claiming that Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility is seeking unreasonably high license fees for the use of patents on wireless technology. The suit ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal appeals court has sided with Samsung Electronics Corp. in one aspect of its ongoing patent dispute with Apple Inc. The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday overturned a ...

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