2 April 2012 | Bench Trial Date Set to Impose Sanction Against Innova for Contempt of Court Actions.  The U.S. District Court (Boston, MA) today set 04/SEPT/2012 for the bench trial to determine the sanction it will impose against InnovaSystems, Inc. for the company's violation of the permanent injunction the federal court entered against Innova in 2007 for infringing one of Proveris’s SprayVIEW® instrument patents.

2 March 2012 | Case Reopend for Innova's Contempt of Court Actions. Effective February 28, 2012, the automatic stay in InnovaSystems, Inc.'s bankruptcy case was lifted to allow the Massachusetts federal court to schedule the trial date for determining the contempt sanction it will impose against Innova.  As determined by the federal court, Innova violated the permanent injunction the court entered against Innova for infringing one of Proveris's SprayVIEW® instrument patents.  The contempt action was automatically stayed when Innova filed for bankruptcy .

24 February 2012 | SprayVIEW® Instrument Patent Remains in Force. All of Proveris’s SprayVIEW® Instrument patents remain fully in force. While contemnor InnovaSystems, Inc. initiated a reexamination proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office contesting the validity of the patent it was found in 2007 to have infringed, that process, which includes all appeals either party may take, is not yet complete.  While Proveris believes that the validity of the patent will ultimately be upheld, the process can take 3 to 5 more years to complete and until completed, no matter what the ultimate final decision, the injunction against Innova's infringement continues in full force and effect.

3 January 2012 | Sanctions Trial for Innova's Contempt of Court Actions to be Scheduled. As ordered by the New Jersey Bankruptcy Court today, effective February 28, 2012, the automatic stay in InnovaSystems, Inc.’s bankruptcy case will be lifted to allow the Massachusetts federal court to schedule the trial date for determining the contempt sanction it will impose against Innova.  Innova violated the permanent injunction the federal court entered against it in 2007 for infringing one of Proveris’s SprayVIEW® instrument patents.  The contempt action was automatically stayed when Innova filed for bankruptcy .

2 September 2011 | InnovaSystems, Inc. Files for Bankruptcy.   InnovaSystems, Inc. filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey today. See the recent OINDPNews news article for details. The following link contains Innova's bankruptcy filing.

3 June 2011 | InnovaSystems, Inc. Attorneys Withdraw.   InnovaSystems, Inc. New Jersey attorneys notify the federal district court of their withdraw from the contempt action because of Innova's failure to pay outstanding legal fees due in excess of $80,000.

27 May 2011 | InnovaSystems, Inc. Appeal Rejected.   The U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals rejects InnovaSystems' appeal of the contempt order entered against it.  The appeals court rules that the district court must consider sanctions against Innova.

8 February 2011 | Inhalation Magazine highlights Proveris Vereo SSx actuator.
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25 October 2010 | Proveris announces the 8th year of continuous production of the SprayVIEW NSx actuator.
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21 September 2010 | InnovaSystems, Inc. in Contempt.   The U.S. District Court holds InnovaSystems, Inc. in contempt of the permanent injunction against the company prohibiting it from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing into or exporting out of the United States, its patent infringing spray pattern and plume geometry equipment.

January 2010 | Proveris Contributes to New Book: A new pharmaceutical industry reference, Handbook of Non-Invasive Drug Delivery Systems , has recently been published.  The book promises to be an invaluable desk reference. Edited by Vitthal S. Kulkarni of DPT Laboratories, the book includes a chapter written by Dino J. Farina, Founder & CEO of Proveris Scientific: "Regulatory Aspects of Nasal and Pulmonary Spray Drug Products" (Chapter 10). Click on the book title to order a copy through amazon.com.