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Profiles of PUBPAT that have appeared in the press:
to take on what he considers a broken patent system."
to improve the patent system, Daniel Ravicher doesn't always
get a lot of thanks."
System leaves the public with the short end of the stick."
- May 8, 2008: 'TOP 50 UNDER 45' LIST INCLUDES PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- April 25, 2008: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROFILED IN NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY: "Dan Ravicher Profile"
- February 7, 2008: PUBPAT JOINS BRIEF OPPOSING EXCLUSION PAYMENTS IN PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT SETTLEMENTS: AARP, Consumer Federation of America, Prescription Access Litigation and PUBPAT Ask Court of Appeals to Bar "Reverse" Payments By Patent Holders to Potential Competitors
- January 23, 2008: U.S. PATENT OFFICE REJECTS KEY HIV/AIDS DRUG PATENTS AT PUBPAT REQUEST: Government Finds Prior Art Submitted by PUBPAT Invalidates All of Gilead Sciences' Claims
- December 20, 2007: Consumer and Public Interest Groups Back New U.S. Patent Rules That Would Curtail Abusive Behavior By Applicants
- November 5, 2007: CONSUMER ADVOCATES SUPPORT PATENT OFFICE ON STEM CELL PATENT REJECTION
- July 24, 2007: MONSANTO PATENTS ASSERTED AGAINST AMERICAN FARMERS REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE: PUBPAT Initiated Review Leads PTO to Find All Claims of All Four Patents Invalid
- July 18, 2007: KEY HIV/AIDS DRUG PATENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY U.S. PATENT OFFICE: Prior Art Submitted by PUBPAT Raises Substantial Doubt Regarding Validity of Gilead Sciences Claims
- July 2, 2007: CONSUMER GROUPS FILE COMMENTS SUPPORTING U.S. PATENT OFFICE'S STEM CELL PATENT REJECTION: University of Wisconsin Affiliate Has Narrowed Claims; Four Leading Scientists Agree Work Was “Obvious”
- June 5, 2007: THIRD MONSANTO ANTI-FARMER PATENT REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE: PUBPAT Request Results in All Claims Being Ruled Invalid
- June 1, 2007: SECOND MONSANTO ANTI-FARMER PATENT REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE: PUBPAT Request Results in All Claims Being Ruled Invalid
- April 30, 2007: IP LAW & BUSINESS JOURNAL PROFILES PUBPAT: "Power to the People"
- April 18, 2007: PATENT OFFICE GRANTS PUBPAT REQUEST TO REEXAMINE OPSWARE REMOTE COMPUTER MANAGEMENT PATENT: Government Agency Believes There are 'Substantial Questions' About Whether The Patent Was Preempted by Open Source Projects
- April 10, 2007: PUBPAT REQUEST TO REEXAMINE PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC MICROPROCESSOR PATENT GRANTED BY U.S. PATENT OFFICE: Government Agency Determines 'Substantial Questions' Exist Regarding Patent Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patent
- April 2, 2007: PTO REJECTS HUMAN STEM CELL PATENTS AT BEHEST OF CONSUMER GROUPS: Re-examination Was Initiated by Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and Public Patent Foundation
- March 26, 2007: PUBPAT TAKES ON KEY HIV/AIDS DRUG PATENTS: Non-Profit Submits Prior Art to U.S. Patent Office and Asks For Revocation of Four Gilead Sciences Patents
- March 24, 2007: PUBPAT FILES BRIEF OPPOSING CONTINUING THREAT OF TREBLE DAMAGES FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
- February 23, 2007: FIRST MONSANTO ANTI-FARMER PATENT REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE: PUBPAT Request Results in All Claims Being Ruled Invalid
- February 15, 2007: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES BEFORE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON PATENT REFORM
- February 12, 2007: OPSWARE REMOTE COMPUTER MANAGEMENT PATENT CHALLENGED BY PUBPAT: U.S.P.T.O. Asked to Review and Revoke Patent That Was Preempted by Open Source Projects
- February 1, 2007: PUBPAT CHALLENGES PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC MICROPROCESSOR PATENT: Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Patent Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patent
- January 29, 2007: PATENT OFFICE GRANTS PUBPAT REQUESTS TO REEXAMINE EPICREALM DYNAMIC WEBSITE PATENTS: Government Finds PUBPAT Raised 'Substantial Questions' Regarding Patent Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patents
- January 23, 2007: WISCONSIN GROUP EASES STEM CELL PATENT RESTRICTIONS AFTER FTCR - PUBPAT LEGAL CHALLENGE
- January 19, 2007: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON SOFTWARE PATENTS TO SOUTH AFRICAN AUDIENCE
- November 30, 2006: MONSANTO ANTI-FARMER PATENTS TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT REQUEST: Patent Office Finds "Substantial Questions" Regarding the Validity of Each of Monsanto's Four Widely Asserted Patents
- November 22, 2006: PUBPAT CHALLENGES EPICREALM PATENTS BEING ASSERTED AGAINST PROVIDERS OF DYNAMIC WEBSITES: Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Patent Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patents
- November 2, 2006: JPEG PATENT CLAIM SURRENDERED: Forgent Networks Ends Assertion of Patent Challenged by PUBPAT
- October 20, 2006: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON PATENT REFORM AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
- October 17, 2006: PUBPAT AND SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER TO CO-SPONSOR CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE PATENTS: Representatives from Academia, Industry, and the Nonprofit Sector will Meet in Boston to Discuss Patent Policy
- October 3, 2006: WARF STEM CELL PATENTS TO BE RE-EXAMINED AT REQUEST OF FTCR, PUBPAT: Patent Office Finds "Substantial Question" Regarding Validity of WARF's Claims
- September 29, 2006: PUBPAT CHALLENGES MONSANTO PATENTS BEING USED TO BANKRUPT AMERICAN FARMERS: Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Agricultural Giant's Widely Asserted Patents
- September 14, 2006: PUBPAT Launches Software Patent Watch to Keep Software Community Informed of Patent Related Issues
- August 22, 2006: PUBPAT, AARP AND PATIENTS NOT PATENTS ASK SUPREME COURT TO PROTECT OBVIOUS COMBINATIONS FROM PATENTS
- July 18, 2006: GROUPS CHALLENGE STEM CELL PATENTS THAT LOOT TAXPAYER FUNDS AND FORCE RESEARCH OVERSEAS: University of Wisconsin Affiliate Claims Rights to All Embryonic Stem Cells Used for Research
- May 26, 2006: PATENT ASSERTED AGAINST JPEG STANDARD REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE AS RESULT OF PUBPAT REQUEST: Public Interest Group's Review Results in Broadest Claims of Forgent Networks Patent Being Ruled Invalid
- February 2, 2006: PATENT ASSERTED AGAINST JPEG STANDARD TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT REQUEST: Patent Office Finds "Substantial Question" Regarding the Validity of Forgent Networks' Widely Asserted Patent
- December 23, 2005: PUBPAT ASKS SUPREME COURT TO MAINTAIN LIMITS ON PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER
- November 29, 2005: PUBPAT RECEIVES SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY IN LIPITOR PATENT CHALLENGE: Pfizer Concedes to Give Up Original Broad Patent Claims
- November 17, 2005: PUBPAT CHALLENGES DATA COMPRESSION PATENT TO PROTECT JPEG FORMAT: Patent Office Provided New Evidence Proving Patent Asserted Against International Standard Is Invalid
- September 30, 2005: PUBPAT FILES BRIEFS WITH SUPREME COURT IN CASES INVOLVING PATENT HOLDERS ELIMINATING COMPETITION
- August 26, 2005: PUBPAT PROFILED IN SCIENCE, FINANCIAL TIMES: "A ‘Robin Hood’ Declares War on Lucrative U.S. Patents"
- June 22, 2005: PATENT OFFICE REJECTS LIPITOR PATENT ON PUBPAT'S REQUEST: Public Interest Group's Review Results in All 44 Claims of Pfizer's Patent on Multi-Billion Dollar Drug Ruled Invalid
- June 8, 2005: U.S. CONGRESS INVITES PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TESTIFY ABOUT PATENT REFORM
- May 11, 2005: PUBPAT RELEASES FREE FINDING PRIOR ART FOR AN ISSUED PATENT PROGRAM
- December 7, 2004: LIPITOR PATENT TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT'S REQUEST: Patent Office Agrees There is a "Substantial Question" Regarding Blockbuster Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Patent's Validity
- December 1, 2004: PUBPAT SCORES ANOTHER VICTORY: Columbia University Abandons Assertion of Challenged Cotransformation Patent
- November 10, 2004: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DETAILS PROBLEMS WITH AND HARM CAUSED BY SOFTWARE PATENTS: Dan Ravicher Speaks in the European Parliament As Part of Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure Conference
- September 30, 2004: AT PUBPAT'S REQUEST, PATENT OFFICE REJECTS MICROSOFT'S FAT PATENT: Government Relies Heavily on Evidence Submitted by PUBPAT
- September 14, 2004: PUBPAT CHALLENGES LIPITOR PATENT TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH: Patent Office Shown Evidence Proving Blockbuster Cholesterol-Lowering Drug was Already Known
- June 10, 2004: MICROSOFT FAT PATENT TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT'S REQUEST: Patent Office Agrees There is a "Substantial Question" Regarding FAT Patent's Validity
- May 24, 2004: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES BEFORE NIH REGARDING KEY AIDS DRUG PATENTS: PUBPAT Supports Request Asking Government to Allow the Production of Generic Drug
- May 10, 2004: PATENT OFFICE GRANTS PUBPAT REQUEST TO REEXAMINE COTRANSFORMATION PATENT: Order Finds "Substantial New Question" of Patentability for Entire Patent
- April 15, 2004: PUBPAT CHALLENGES MICROSOFT PATENT TO PROTECT COMPETITION IN SOFTWARE MARKETS: Patent Office Shown New Evidence Proving FAT Technology Was Obvious
- February 26, 2004: PUBPAT ASKS PATENT OFFICE TO REVOKE COTRANSFORMATION PATENT TO SAVE PUBLIC HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS: Columbia University Impermissibly Received Multiple Patents on Single Invention
- February 23, 2004: PUBPAT PROVIDES COMMENTS TO USPTO ON INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION AND RULES GOVERNING PRACTITIONERS: Argues All Patents Should be Subject to Adversarial Post Grant Review and All Patent Attorneys Should Have Continuing Education Requirements
- February 5, 2004: PATENT LAW SHOULD STOP IMPOSING PUNISHMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE ONE CAN'T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY: PUBPAT Tells Federal Appeals Court of Harms Caused by Patent Law's Perverse Rule