21st June , 2010

US and Chinese patent for drug from cow urine

An anti-cancer drug extracted from cow urine has got a US and Chinese patent for its anti-genotoxicity. The drug brand named ‘Kamdhenu Ark’ was developed by an affiliate of the RSS Go Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra and had earlier got the US patent as a bio-enhancer with antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs. The Anusandhan Kendra and National Environmental Engineer Research Institute (NEERI) had jointly carried out the research.

Re-distilled Cow Urine Distillate (RCUD) was found to be useful in protecting and repairing DNA from oxidative damage, which is a leading cause of ageing, cancer and other diseases. RCUD works against genotoxicity, a harmful action on a cell’s genetic material as it contains benzoic acid, hexonic acid and ammonia in quantities ranging from five to 15 ml per litre.

The Anusandhan Kendra works for protecting Indian cow breeds and conducts research into the role of the cow and its progeny in betterment of human life.

Pilot flight planning patent awarded to FlightPrep

FlightPrep the creator of the innovative Polaris 990 Personal GPS and the cabin entertainment mapping systems has been awarded a US patent for an online flight planning system. Every pilot in the US has to use valid flight charts whenever taking off in a plane and these charts expire every six months - and every region has a different edition. Now, pilots do not depend on paper charts as they are able to do their flight planing online and print their trip kits with charts on their computer.

Inventors Roger M. Stenbock and Kyle B. Everson were awarded U.S. Patent for an Internet browser based online flight planning product which reduces the use of regular flight charts and is updated automatically.

The invention was originally filed in 2001 and assigned to Stenbock & Everson Inc. Roger Stenbock & Kyle Everson founded FlightPrep, a division of Stenbock & Everson, Inc. in 1997.

FlightPrep’s Online Planner can display charts and routes interactively from data stored on an Internet server. The invention cites the ability for the user to interactively modify routes without downloading the entire chart after each change.

Konkan Railway gets US patent for anti-collision device

The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) has been granted the anti-collision device (ACD) patent in the US for its ‘Track Identification System'(TIS). This patent is in addition to the ACD patents that have been granted to KRCL in India and abroad earlier.

KRCL's ACD system can prevent head-on and rear-end collisions in mid-sections, collisions at high speed in the station area, side collisions with derailed vehicles obstructing adjacent line, collisions due to train parting/jumbling and collisions with road vehicles at level crossings. The Loco ACDs also give ‘Station Approach’ warning to drivers.

This ACD system was commissioned in North-East Frontier Railway in June 2007. The work of installation of ACD Network is being carried out on the South Western Railway, South Central Railway and Southern Railway.

The Track Identification System ensures that when a train fitted with ACD traverses a point and crossing zone of the station yard, the unique TIS residing in it will detect automatically whether the train has deviated to the other track or not.

KRCL already has 18 patents granted for Sky Bus, ACD and TIS in India and United States, Singapore, China and Russia.

CODECSYS™ PATENT GRANTED IN INDIA

The Indian Patent Office has granted a patent to Broadcast International, Inc. for the CodecSys™ encoding platform. The patent is broad in its nature and covers the novel, proprietary system used by CodecSys™ to deliver complex video streams over the Internet at lower bandwidths.

 CodecSys™ is an advanced, multi-codec video compression software platform that considerably reduces video bandwidth requirements over satellite, cable, IP and wireless networks. CodecSys enables a new generation of applications to deliver HD video at lower bandwidth rates than previously achieved with outdated hardware encoders.

Broadcast International (BI) is a leading provider of video-powered broadcast solutions, including IP, and digital satellite, Internet streaming and other types of wired/wireless network distribution. BI’s patented CodecSys enables a new generation of applications such as streaming video to cell phones, and presents unprecedented price/ performance benefits for existing applications.

Japanese patents for two CNS drugs of Suven Life Sciences

Suven Life Sciences Limited, a Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company, has been awardeed two product patents from the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) for two of its new chemical entities (NCEs), designated for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) associated disorders.

Suven had received its first product patent granted in Japan in April this year, which is valid till 2023. These new patents are valid till 2022

The invention patent cites that these compounds are useful in the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease, attention deficient hyperactivity disorder, Huntingson's disease, Parkinson and schizophrenia.

These granted patents are attained through the internal drug discovery research efforts of Suven Life Sciences. Products out of these inventions may be out-licensed at the stage of clinical Phase-I or Phase-II. Pipeline of molecules in the CNS arena are being developed for cognitive disorders and have an estimated $20-billion potential in the international market.

USFDA Approval for Sun Pharma’s Generic Xanax® Tablets

India’s Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has been granted an approval by the USFDA for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market a generic version of Xanax®, alprazolam tablets.

These generic alprazolam tablets, equivalent to Pfizer’s Xanax® tablets, include four strengths: 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg and 2 mg.  Alprazolam tablets are prescribed for the management of anxiety disorder or the short-term relief of symptoms of anxiety. It is also indicated for the treatment of panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia.

Xanax® is a registered trademark of Pfizer.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., established in 1983, manufactures and markets a large number of pharmaceutical formulations as branded generics as well as generics in India, US and several other markets across the world.

Sharp Corp. signs patent agreement with Wi-LAN

Toronto-based Sharp Corp., the consumer electronics maker has signed a six-year agreement to license wireless patents from the Ottawa-based wireless company Wi-LAN Inc.

The agreement covers products such as Sharp's Wi-Fi-enabled laptops and mobile phone handsets, Wi-LAN said. Wi-LAN gets its revenue from licensing patents and intellectual property. This firm has agreements with more than 220 companies worldwide that sell consumer electronics and communications products.

The companies did not publicize the details about which products would be affected. Sharp joins 94 other companies and 9 handset vendors in licensing WiLAN wireless technologies.