In Brief: Trimedyne laser patent
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Trimedyne laser patent: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office affirms the validity of Trimedyne's "key laser patent" (No. 5,387, 211) covering a multi-head laser assembly used in its OmniPulse-MAX holmium laser, the Irvine, California firm announces. Laser Industries, Inc. filed a petition with PTO in February 1995 asking for a review of the '211 patent. Trimedyne notes that Laser Industries has the right to appeal the PTO decision, but "in light of the PTO's emphatic denial" of the petition, the company "does not believe an appeal would likely be successful"...