http://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/rss/feedsWe conduct an intellectual property law practice that help our clients attain and maintain positions of leadership in market innovation.Sun, 03 May 2026 05:20:06 -0700http://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/revolutionary-mighty-fire-breaker%E2%84%A2-wild-fire-home--community-defense-network-available-to-fire-departments-to-protect-property--life-against-wildfirehttp://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/revolutionary-mighty-fire-breaker%E2%84%A2-wild-fire-home--community-defense-network-available-to-fire-departments-to-protect-property--life-against-wildfireBy: M-Fire Holdings LLCSAN DIEGO - March 12, 2020 - PRLog -- With the next wildfire season only a few weeks away and some insurers declining coverage in threatened areas across the state of California, M-Fire Holdings, LLC, headquartered in San Diego, recently launched its patent-protected Mighty Fire Breaker™ Wild Fire Home and Community Defense Network for use by fire departments across the western United States.The network, managed by Mighty Fire Breaker, LLC, was designed to allow firefighters to create and maintain wildfire breaks, barriers, and zones, wherever needed, through new, improved, and tested clean chemistry technology, which sprays building structures and dry vegetation with an organic fire inhibitor compound.M-Fire's UL GreenGold Certified Mighty Fire Breaker® environmentally-clean fire inhibitor chemistry has also been used by commercial developers to protect multi-family apartment buildings, as featured in The New York Times, Real Estate Weekly, Engineering News-Record, The Malibu Times magazine, and other major publications. Its ability to render high-density wood-frame construction fire resistant was recognized with the insurance industry's International Risk Management Institute's 2018 Gary E Bird Innovation Award.Deploying advanced GPS-tracking and mapping techniques, and GPS-tracked sprayers, its Mighty Fire Breaker™ Wild Fire Home and Community Defense Network proactively tracks and maps nearby wildfires, providing crucial information to firefighters.In 2019, 7,860 wildfires burned more than 250,000 acres in California, destroying 732 structures and killing three people, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.These statistics demonstrate that, with the Santa Anna and Diablo winds propelling fires in advance of the ability of firefighters to control with water and manually create fire breaks, only a new and different approach can solve the problem.With the advent of the Wild Fire Home and Community Defense Network, the traditional tools of fighting wildfires – conventional picks, rakes, shovels, and bulldozers – will quickly become things of the past when managing the destructive power of naturally-occurring wildfires in ever-expanding urban and suburban areas.In the spirit of fire prevention pioneer Benjamin Franklin, the Mighty Fire Breaker™ Wild Fire Defense Network allows any local fire department, small or large, volunteer or paid, working independently or along with neighboring fire departments, to practice this famous American's catch phrase: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."The Mighty Fire Breaker™ approach will significantly reduce losses to property and life by fire that would otherwise occur using conventional fire prevention methods and technologies."Wildfires continued to expand in size and intensity across California and the western United States last year, displacing thousands of families from their homes and burning hundreds of thousands of acres," said Steve Conboy, Chairman and General Manager of M-Fire Holdings LLC. "We must never forget the tragedy of parents and children coming back to a pile of ashes where a home once stood. Instead, we need a proactive approach, where homes are defended from wildfires automatically, on site, and people can be effectively and more rapidly evacuated. When they return, their home and belongings will still be there."Contact Mighty Fire Breaker LLC's founder and CEO, Steve Conboy, to learn how your fire department can subscribe to the Mighty Fire Breaker™ Wild Fire Home and Community Defense Network and proactively protect property and life from the threat of wildfires within your jurisdiction.About M-Fire Holdings LLC:M-Fire Holdings, LLC, a sustainable building and environmental solutions firm headquartered in San Diego, California, provides innovative fire inhibition and suppression solutions to many industries, namely clean-chemistry Class-A fire protection to wood-framed and mass-timber buildings, and proactively-engineered clean-chemistry wild fire breaks, barriers and zones to protect homes and neighborhoods. M-Fire Holdings, LLC, owns and operates closely-held Mighty Fire Breaker, LLC, for the purpose of deploying its Mighty Fire Breaker™ Wild Fire Home and Community Defense Network for use by fire departments across the United States, to create and manage clean-chemistry wild fire breaks, barriers and zones, proactively-engineered to prevent loss of property and life by wildfire.To watch a demonstration of the Mighty Fire Breaker™ Wild Fire Home and Community Defense Network, click here. To reach founder and CEO Steve Conboy, click here.To learn more, visit https://www.mightyfirebreaker.com/ContactPatrick Rheaume***@butlerassociates.comThu, 12 Mar 2020 09:07:00 -0700http://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/press-release-by-knowles-teacher-initiative-prolific-inventor-and-philanthropist-dies-leaves-legacy-through-the-knowles-teacher-initiativehttp://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/press-release-by-knowles-teacher-initiative-prolific-inventor-and-philanthropist-dies-leaves-legacy-through-the-knowles-teacher-initiativeProlific Inventor and Philanthropist Dies, Leaves Legacy through the Knowles Teacher InitiativeMoorestown, N.J., January 9, 2019 – Carl Harry Knowles, Founder and Board Chair Emeritus of the Janet H. and C. Harry Knowles Foundation, who founded Metrologic Instruments in 1968 and ran the company for over 40 years, died peacefully on January 7, 2020. He was 91 years old.“Harry’s boundless enthusiasm, seemingly limitless energy, and focused dedication to task were an inspiration to all of us at the Knowles Teacher Initiative, and he will be sorely missed,” said Lawrence Tint, Board Chair, Knowles Teacher Initiative. “We remain dedicated to the cause he championed, and we will continue to work hard to improve mathematics and science teaching in America.”Harry’s passion and love for science and math led to not only his success as an inventor and entrepreneur but also inspired his generosity to establish a foundation (now called the Knowles Teacher Initiative) in 1999 to transform math and science education in the United States. He recognized the critical importance of quality science and mathematics teaching to our nation’s well-being and economic competitiveness and chose to invest in teachers. Through this legacy he has profoundly shaped the lives of hundreds of teachers and hundreds of thousands of students. A recent and very generous multi-year pledge and intent to give from Harry and his wife Dr. Lucy Balian Rorke-Adamshas ensured stability for the foundation and his legacy and will allow thousands more teachers to become leaders in educational improvement.“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our founder and will be grieving him for a long time. Even before Harry achieved great success at Metrologic, he dreamed of and planned for the eventual creation of the Knowles Teacher Initiative. The impact he has had on the world is truly inspiring, both as an entrepreneur and a philanthropist. It is an honor to share in his legacy through the work of the Knowles Teacher Initiative,” stated Nicole Gillespie, President and CEO, Knowles TeacherInitiative.Harry Knowles was among the nation’s most prolific inventors. He was inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame in 1995. His inventions and developments include: the basic concepts underlying “Moore’s Law” (1964); the 2N2222 “Star Transistor”, still an active design (1961); the first hand-held bar code scanner intended for retailers (1975); and the first mini-slot scanner for non-supermarket retailers (1985).From 1962 to 1967, prior to founding Metrologic, Harry Knowles directed Westinghouse’s micro-chip operations. From 1958 to 1962, he led R&D at Motorola Semiconductors, where he directed Motorola’s advanced transistor and integratedcircuit operations. At Motorola, he implemented some of the world’s first high-speed wire bonding, die bonding, computerized testing, and other volume production techniques. From 1953 to 1958, Harry Knowles was part of Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he published original concept papers on the design of Zener Diodes and on the theory of Hyper-Abrupt PN Junctions. While at Bell Labs, he directed efforts on the UHF transmitter transistor for the nation’s first satellite, Project Vanguard, as well as the digital Germanium Mesa Transistor that was the predominant component in the late 1950s and 1960s generation of computers. In 1968, Harry Knowles founded Metrologic Instruments. Metrologic became a leader in advanced bar code scanners and a pioneering force in the data capture industry, eventually registering more than 600 patents.A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry Knowles earned a BS in Physics from Auburn University, and an MS in Physics from Vanderbilt University. In May 2008, Auburn University awarded Harry Knowles an honorary doctorate. He has lived in Medford, New Jersey with his wife, Lucy Rorke-Adams, since 2013. Memorial services will be held at The First Presbyterian Church, 101 Bridgeboro Rd, Moorestown, New Jersey at 11:00 a.m. on January 18, 2020. Individuals can share memories of Harry, reflections on his legacy and words of condolence for his family at rememberingharry@knowlesteachers.org.About the Knowles Teacher Initiative The Knowles Teacher Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit formerly known as the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF), was established by Janet H. and C. Harry Knowles in 1999 to increase the number of high-quality high school science and mathematics teachers in the United States. Through the Teaching Fellows Program, Senior Fellows Program, and the Knowles Academy, the Knowles Teacher Initiative seeks to support a national network of mathematics and science teachers who are collaborative, innovative leaders improving education for all students in the United States. For more information, visit www.knowlesteachers.org.###https://knowlesteachers.org/news-blogSun, 19 Jan 2020 00:36:00 -0700http://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/uspto-grants-10-millionth-patenthttp://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/uspto-grants-10-millionth-patentThe USPTO has created a new patent design in advance of issuing the 10 millionth patent in the summer of 2018. Step back to 1790 when the first patent was signed by President George Washington, and discover the historical significance of patents and patent covers designs through the years.Mon, 28 May 2018 16:58:00 -0700http://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/biosculpture-technology-inc-ipo-to-develop-a-disruptive-technology-that-may-solve-2-trillion-yearly-obesity-and-type-2-diabetes-problemhttp://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/biosculpture-technology-inc-ipo-to-develop-a-disruptive-technology-that-may-solve-2-trillion-yearly-obesity-and-type-2-diabetes-problem September 1, 2016: BioSculpture Technology, Inc. has a qualifed tier 2 Regulation A Offering to commercialize its patented minimally invasive EVL® device and method for the endoscopic removal of visceral or “belly” fat, as a new treatment of obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 Diabetes mellitus. Scientific research has confirmed that excessive visceral fat within the abdominal cavity causes metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, decreasing the quality of human life and shortening the lives of those we love. http://www.bst-ipo.com/ https://youtu.be/5xC8pvNmMeIMon, 16 Jan 2017 19:48:00 -0700http://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/march-2014-publication-genius-in-america-the-story-of-c-harry-knowles-inventorhttp://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/march-2014-publication-genius-in-america-the-story-of-c-harry-knowles-inventor "Genius in America: The Story of C. Harry Knowles, Inventor" by Mary Ellen Hendrix is the authorized biography of C. Harry Knowles, the founder and former CEO of Metrologic Instruments, Inc., a client of Thomas J Perkowski, Esq., PCMon, 16 Jan 2017 15:34:00 -0700http://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/april-2008-press-release-honeywell-aquires-metrologic-instrumentshttp://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/april-2008-press-release-honeywell-aquires-metrologic-instrumentsStart your post here... Honeywell acquired Metrologic Instruments, Inc., a pioneer in the fields of bar code symbol scanning and automated object identification. Thomas J Perkowski, ESQ., PC helped to build a substantial portion of the patent portfolio supporting Metrologic's product line, and underlying Metrologic's transaction with Honeywell.Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:15:00 -0700http://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/september-2009-press-release-oracle-buys-hyperrollhttp://www.tjpatlaw.com/blog/post/september-2009-press-release-oracle-buys-hyperroll Oracle has acquired HyperRoll, a leading provider of financial reporting acceleration solutions with interactive reporting capability to support complex data calculation requirements. Thomas J Perkowski, ESQ., PC helped to build a substantial portion of the patent portfolio supporting HyperRoll's product line, and underlying HyperRoll's transaction with Oracle. Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:11:00 -0700