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Table of Contents

• This Week's Patent News

• Weekly Statistics

• Main Article

• Trivia (question)

• Featured Inventor

• Today in Patent History

• Our Features

• Centurion Patentors

• Trivia (answer)

• Recommendations

This Week's Patent News:

1. 🔬 Apple Escapes $300M Patent Verdict. Apple had a major win in its long-standing dispute with Optis over standard essential patents. A $300M jury verdict was vacated due to flawed jury instructions. The case returns for retrial on both infringement and damages.

2. 🧠 Netlist Reignites Patent War With Samsung. Netlist launched another patent infringement lawsuit targeting Samsung's memory technology. This follows a collapsed licensing negotiation and intensifies their years-long legal battle.

3. 🏭 Propel Fuels Wins $883M in Trade Secrets Case. In one of the largest U.S. trade secrets verdicts ever, Propel Fuels was awarded $883M for stolen proprietary data. The court described the misappropriation as “reprehensible.”

4. 🏛️ U.S. Government Intervenes in Samsung Patent Dispute. The USPTO and DOJ filed a Statement of Interest in Radian Memory v. Samsung, urging courts to revisit how irreparable harm is evaluated in patent injunctions—potentially reshaping future IP enforcement standards.

*Where one patent can have more than one assignee, Entity data assignment as of July 29, 2025

What was once designed to paralyze, kill, or digest prey can be valuable when administered in slightly smaller doses.

Take the cone snail, an unassuming mollusk with a venom potent enough to send fish into instant paralysis. Its neurotoxic peptides, known as conotoxins, have been transformed into Ziconotide, a painkiller 1,000 times more powerful than morphine, minus the pesky addiction risk. Essentially, the same chemical that immobilizes sea life now helps humans escape chronic pain.

Then there’s the Brazilian pit viper, whose venom’s blood-pressure-lowering effects inspired ACE inhibitors, a breakthrough treatment for hypertension. Patients with high blood pressure can now thank a snake for keeping their hearts from exploding. ACE inhibitors now help 100M+ globally.

Not to be outdone, the funnel-web spider, one of Australia’s more infamous inhabitants, produces a peptide that could prevent brain damage after a stroke. Given its country of origin, this spider’s venom saves lives rather than ends them, a refreshing change of pace.

Even the sluggish Gila monster has made a medical contribution, with its saliva leading to Exenatide, a diabetes drug that helps regulate blood sugar. Who knew reptilian drool could be such a game-changer?

From lethal to life-saving, nature’s deadliest creatures continue to prove that sometimes the best medicine comes with fangs, stingers, or a particularly nasty bite.

Stories like these, equal parts bizarre and brilliant are what we live for at IDiyas.

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Congratulations to last week's Centurion Patentors!
We are excited to welcome the following inventors into these prestigious patent clubs:

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🟩 Answer: A. The Pool Noodle. Yes, your favorite floaty was born from a failed pipe insulation experiment. Engineers: always full of surprises.

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