Bruce Pokras

Owner of Blazing Dawn Software. Retired Pfizer patent attorney. Currently Editor-in-Chief of the Orange Book Companion(R)

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

@Dirty_Ape @patentlyo A rule of thumb that I have been following for years is to use (R) in the first instance of the trademark, and then make the the trademark a little different from the surrounding text in some way whenever it appears again. I usually use italics.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

A version of Patent Grabber that is compatible with Mac OS Catalina is available for testing upon request. Official release date has not been established yet, but should not be too long.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

@QualatexDan Thanks for your msg, Dan. You can download an unadvertised 64-bit version, signed and notarized, from https://t.co/lblqVNoimo. EP, PCT and Intl. searching still needs to be fixed, though.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

@douglash105 Hi Doug, there is a beta version for Mac OSX you can try if you use that platform. Download from https://t.co/HWWMTk8vAV. It is not code-signed, but you should not get the "not optimized" warning

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

Interested in pharmaceutical patents? My “Orange Book Companion” is now a product of Blazing Dawn Software! #fda #patents #orangebook #pharmaceuticals #drugpatents

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

Patent Grabber: main work is done. Just need to update the instructions.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

Patent Grabber: Fixed PCT searching, now working on EP searching. US searching was unaffected by those issues!

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

Patent Grabber: PCT searching needs tweaking. To limit results to PCT pubs, use "WO/wo*" as a search term. Work on new version starts soon.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

Changes at the EPO have broken Patent Grabber's EP searching again. Workaround: Use International search with "pn/ep" as one search term.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

Kagi Store out of business. Now accepting license fees via Avangate service! Links on homepage and with app descriptions.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

WIPO broke PCT searching in Patent Grabber. New version 6.4.2 now available from https://t.co/hz6nLZixz9.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

The final version of Patent Grabber 6.4.1 is now available. Two new features, a couple of fixes, and Mac OS X version is now code signed.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

@AmericanIdol "Kirin dim the lights"! Isn't it time that we met Kirin?

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

Download Patent Grabber 641 beta (Build 11) from https://t.co/EVR1mxjyt0. Link rot fixes and new features.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

New update of Patent Grabber is nearly ready! Fixes several links rot issues for EP and PCT.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

Family-izer(™) and Family-izer(™) Solo are both working again! Changes at ISP may have caused the issue.

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

New version Patent Grabber coming. So if you are seeing an issue, it may be getting solved!

[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

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[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

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[Bruce Pokras @blazingdawn]

@truvoip Type a text file with your search. Use "open" next to the search field To load it. Use an "or" search, of course.