User:Jrincayc/Patent utils

Python Code
This code may be used under either the license CC-BY-SA 3.0 or the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later.

TODO
Fix handling of Continuation patents. Example: http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6,289,308 This patent's application date is Jun., 1990, so the expiration date should be June, 2010, instead of 08 mar 2020. More or less done. The information that is easy to parse is parsed.

Fix handling of Foreign patents. Example: http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5455833 This patent has foreign patent priority data, so the 20 year terms starts earlier. The expiration date should be October 3, 2012, not 26 apr 2013 that the program reports. More or less done.

Ask USPTO to include Patent term adjustment data. Done. (No response yet, and its been a month). Maybe could grab from google instead. Search http://www.google.com/patents?as_pnum=7020204 to get id number, then http://www.google.com/patents?id=PSR4AAAAEBAJ&output=text&pg=PA1 to get text version (already OCRed) and see if there is a patent term adjustment.

PCT filed patents have the PCT filing date as filing date, not the US filing date. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/appxl_35_U_S_C_365.htm#usc35s365

The filing date for determining if there is a 17 year term is the PCT filing date or the last filing date. The filing date from the first continuation only determines the start of the 20 year term.

See: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/appxl_35_U_S_C_119.htm#usc35s119 http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/appxl_35_U_S_C_154.htm#usc35s154 http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/2700_2701.htm#sect2701

MPEG-2 Patent List

 * MPEGLA patents
 * Alcatel-Lucent
 * US 4,833,543
 * US 4,970,590
 * US 5,453,790
 * AT&T Bell Laboratories
 * US 5,136,377
 * Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
 * US 4,383,272
 * British Telecommunications plc
 * US 5,291,284
 * Canon Inc.
 * US 4,982,270
 * CIF LICENSING, LLC
 * US 5,068,724
 * US 5,091,782
 * US 5,093,720
 * Columbia University
 * US Re 35,093
 * France Télécom (CNET)
 * US 4,796,087
 * Fujitsu
 * US 5,235,618
 * General Electric Capital Corporation
 * US 4,706,260
 * US 4,813,056
 * General Instrument Corp. (now the broadband division of Motorola)
 * US 4,394,774
 * US 4,698,672
 * GE Technology Development, Inc.
 * US 5,426,464
 * US 5,486,864
 * US 5,491,516
 * US 5,600,376
 * US 5,796,743
 * Hewlett-Packard Company
 * US 5,867,501
 * Hitachi, Ltd.
 * Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
 * US 4,849,812
 * US 4,901,075
 * US 5,021,879
 * US 5,027,206
 * US 5,128,758
 * US 5,179,442
 * US 5,333,135
 * US 5,606,539
 * US 5,608,697
 * US 5,699,476
 * US 5,740,310
 * US 5,844,867
 * US 6,181,712
 * US 6,792,001
 * KDDI Corporation (KDDI)
 * LG Electronics Inc.
 * US Re 37,057
 * US Re 37,568
 * Matsushita now Panasonic Corporation
 * US 5,113,255
 * US Re 35,910
 * US Re 36,015
 * US Re 36,507
 * US Re 39,276
 * US Re 39,278
 * US Re 39,280
 * US 5,223,949
 * US 5,412,430
 * US 5,784,107
 * Mitsubishi
 * US 4,954,892
 * US 5,072,295
 * US 5,268,846
 * US 5,949,489
 * US 5,963,258
 * US 5,970,175
 * US 5,990,960
 * US 6,002,439
 * US 6,097,759
 * US 6,188,794
 * US 6,307,973
 * US 7,362,805
 * US 7,376,184
 * US 7,756,202
 * US 7,936,817
 * Multimedia Patent Trust
 * US 4,958,226
 * US 5,227,878
 * US 5,500,678
 * US 5,563,593
 * Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
 * NXP
 * Philips
 * US 4,849,812
 * US 4,901,075
 * US 5,021,879
 * US 5,027,206
 * US 5,128,758
 * US 5,179,442
 * US 5,333,135
 * US 5,606,539
 * US 5,608,697
 * US 5,740,310
 * US 5,844,867
 * Robert Bosch GmbH
 * Samsung
 * US 5,461,421
 * US 5,467,086
 * US 5,654,706
 * US 6,680,975
 * US 7,292,657
 * US 7,609,760
 * US 7,616,687
 * US 7,684,490
 * US 7,724,821
 * US 7,724,822
 * US 7,724,823
 * US 7,724,824
 * US 7,724,828
 * US 7,724,829
 * US 7,742,522
 * US 7,742,527
 * US 7,764,735
 * US 7,782,956
 * US 7,787,538
 * Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
 * Scientific Atlanta
 * US 5,418,782
 * US 5,420,866
 * US 5,457,701
 * Sharp
 * Sony
 * US 4,864,393
 * US Re 37,222
 * US 5,191,436
 * US 5,291,486
 * US 5,298,991
 * US 5,343,248
 * US 5,428,396
 * US 5,461,420
 * US 5,481,553
 * US 5,510,840
 * US 5,539,466
 * US 5,543,847
 * US 5,559,557
 * US 5,663,763
 * US 5,666,461
 * US 5,701,164
 * US 5,946,042
 * US 5,982,437
 * US 6,040,863
 * US 6,160,849
 * US 7,627,041
 * The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
 * US Re 35,093
 * Thomson Licensing S.A.
 * US 4,800,432
 * US 4,969,055
 * US 5,289,276
 * US 5,365,272
 * US 5,381,181
 * US 5,422,676
 * US 5,442,400
 * US 5,459,789
 * US 5,483,287
 * US 5,565,923
 * US 5,784,110
 * US 7,020,204
 * US 7,334,248
 * Toshiba
 * US 5,317,397
 * US 5,424,779
 * US 5,467,136
 * US 5,742,344
 * US 5,986,713
 * Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC).
 * US Re 34,965
 * US Re 35,158
 * US Re 36,822
 * US 5,103,307
 * US 5,175,618
 * Alcatel-Lucent
 * US 5,341,457
 * US RE39,080
 * Audio MPEG, Inc
 * US 4,972,484
 * US 5,214,678
 * US 5,323,396
 * US 5,539,829
 * US 5,606,618
 * US 5,530,655
 * US 5,777,992
 * US 6,289,308
 * US 5,481,643
 * US 5,544,247
 * US 5,610,985
 * US 5,740,317
 * US 5,878,080
 * US 5,960,037
 * US 5,991,715
 * US 6,023,490
 * Thomson
 * US 4,821,260
 * US 4,942,607
 * US 5,214,742
 * US 5,227,990
 * US 5,384,811
 * US 5,736,943
 * US 5,455,833
 * US 5,559,834
 * US 5,321,729
 * US 5,706,309
 * US 5,701,346
 * US 5,742,735
 * US 5,812,672
 * US 5,579,430
 * US 6,185,539
 * US 6,009,399
 * US 5,924,060
 * US 5,703,999

Philips Video CD US patent list

 * From http://www.ip.philips.com/services/?module=IpsLicenseProgram&command=View&id=52&part=4
 * general philps and sony
 * US 5068846
 * mode 2 philps and sony
 * US 4977550
 * mei
 * US 5113255
 * US 5223949
 * part philps
 * US 5127858
 * US 5179442
 * US 5991715
 * US 5323396
 * US 5777992
 * US 5539829
 * US 7209565
 * US 5745641
 * US 5606539
 * US 5844867
 * US 5214678
 * part sony
 * US RE37222
 * US 5191436
 * US 5291486
 * part jvc
 * US RE34965
 * US RE35158