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		<title>Expanded Track I Prioritized Examination of Patent Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Stan Chalvire The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued final rules (75 Fed. Reg. 78566) extending the prioritized examination (Track I) provisions to patent applications in which a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) has been filed (see, Three Track Patent Examinations: USPTO Provides Further Guidance). The recently issued final rules provide patent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4644&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MBBP remembers Joseph Levangie, Long-time Friend and Entrepreneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morse, Barnes-Brown  Pendleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Levangie, member of the board of directors of MBBP client Implant Sciences, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012. Joseph had served as Chief Financial Officer for several companies, including Spire Corporation, Greenman Technologies Inc., and Palomar. Joe was well-known in the technology and entrepreneurial community and will be greatly missed. Please visit Implant Sciences [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4632&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dart Therapeutics Featured in Wall Street Journal Health Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morse, Barnes-Brown  Pendleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 27th, the Wall Street Journal&#8216;s Heath Blog published a post on MBBP client Dart Therapeutics, a company focused on developing treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).  Dart Therapeutics was formed by two families, the Secklers and Wickas, who each have a son diagnosed with DMD, a genetic neuromuscular disorder. They were frustrated with the lack of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4585&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NLRB Again Delays Deadline for Posting Notice Concerning NLRA Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 6, 2011, MBBP notified clients that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had published a new rule requiring that employers post a notice to employees informing them of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, including rights to act together to improve wages and working conditions, to form and join a union, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4592&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regulation D Accredited Investor Definition Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jeffrey Somers Dodd-Frank recently amended the $1 million net worth accredited investor test for individuals under Regulation D (Reg D) to exclude the value of the investor’s primary residence. Dodd-Frank required the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt rule amendments to effect this change, which the SEC did on December 21, 2011. The rule amendments [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4587&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mass Life Sciences Center Awards Intelligent Bio-Systems with Accelerator Program Loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Life Sciences Center recently announced it has awarded three companies with a combined $2.2 Million as part of the Center&#8217;s Accelerator Program. The Life Sciences Accelerator Program provides loans to companies engaged in life sciences research and development, commercialization and manufacturing in Massachusetts.  MBBP client Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. is one of the three companies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4579&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FLUD Featured in WIRED Article</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 9th, WIRED published an article on the future of mobile reading. FLUD, created by MBBP client Made By Rabbit, Inc., was featured in the article as one of the leading personalized news apps available for the iPhone. Made By Rabbit CEO Bobby Ghoshal was quoted discussing how news apps are &#8220;filling a natural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4559&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MBBP Client Quoted in Boston Magazine Article</title>
		<link>http://blogmbbp.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/mbbp-client-quoted-in-boston-magazine-article/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December, Boston Magazine published an article highlighting the role of Massachusetts in the video gaming industry &#8211; noting that Massachusetts, as the fifth largest employer of video game developers in the country, is a launching pad for successful gaming companies. Tim Loew, the executive director of our client, Massachusetts Digital Games Institute at Becker College, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4554&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USPTO Extends Filing Deadlines for Green Technology Pilot Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 15th the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced it is extending the participation deadline for the Green Technology Pilot Program from December 31st, 2011 to March 30, 2012 or until 3,500 applications have been granted special status. The Green Technology Pilot Program allows for applicants to have their patent filing petitions advanced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4546&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MBBP Ranked 12th and 9th in 2011 VC Report for Eastern US</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Wilmer Hale&#8217;s 2011 Venture Capital Report, Morse, Barnes-Brown &#38; Pendleton, P.C.  ranked 12th on the list of Top Counsel to Companies Receiving VC Financing in 2010 and 9th on the list of Top Counsel to VC-Backed Companies at Year-End 2010 beating out firms such as Foley Hoag LLP and Bingham McCutchen LLP.  Not only does [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmbbp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648592&amp;post=4509&amp;subd=blogmbbp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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