While obtaining a design patent is often quicker than obtaining a utility patent, current design patent application pendency is often still a lengthy period of time. Based on data released by the ...

(http://www.uspto.gov/patent/initiatives/usptos-prioritized-patent-examination-program) The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) established a new expedited patent ...

Utilizing traditional filing procedures, an applicant for a U.S. patent can expect to wait on average more than three years after the filing of a patent application to receive a final determination on ...

Newly developed consensus definitions for complete and accurate Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (FAST) and extended FAST (E-FAST) evaluations may better guide clinical decision-making ...

The Intellectual Property Office said on the 1st that starting on the 15th it will support "ultra-fast examination" for patent/utility model and trademark applications needed for overseas expansion.

The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) officially announced today that they will publish jointly the Guideline for the ...

Over the last decade, the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) has risen dramatically. In 2015, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published the first ...

Ultrasonography provides no benefit over standard care in the initial evaluation of children seen in the emergency department (ED) for blunt trauma to the torso, according to a study published June 13 ...

An overhaul of the Indian patent application system has cut the time taken to reach a decision. Joginder Singh and Piyush Sharma of LexOrbis examine the new process and the implications In recent ...

Despite evidence showing that the routine use of sonography in hospital emergency departments can safely improve care for adults when evaluating for possible abdominal trauma injuries, researchers ...

Florida's FAST scores have been released, and there are a few clouds hanging over Lee County' s part of the Sunshine State. Lee County students have improved since the first FAST exam given in the ...