The IPKat

MARCH 26, 2023

Examination procedure One of the main aspects of the revision touches upon the Swiss patent examination procedure and gives the possibility to request that Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) conducts a full examination of an individual patent application and thus obtain a fully examined Swiss patent.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

These patents share the same specification that “discloses two preferred embodiments: a voice-based web browser system and a voice-activated device controller.” The challenged patents are continuations of and claim priority to a patent application filed on February 4, 2000, and published as U.S. Patent Appl.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Did you know : A few thousand patent applications are currently lying dormant at the USPTO with their prosecution “suspended” under 37 C.F.R. Part D allows allows for a patent applicant to defer examination for up to 3-years from the application effective filing date. 1.103(c)/(d).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Striking the middle ground between satisfying the strict basis requirement in Europe and avoiding patent profanity in the US, renders the decision of when to file a patent application all the more critical. Preferably" and related terms are therefore considered US patent profanities that should be strictly avoided when drafting.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The WIPO IGC was established in 2000. A key aspect of the Basic Proposal is an international disclosure requirement for patent applications (Article 3): For inventions based on genetic resources, applicants would be required to disclose the country of origin, or if that is unknown, the source of the genetic resources.

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Intepat

APRIL 18, 2022

The report calls the period from 2000-to 2020 that of digital technologies. In this era, 7% of all patents were from the medical innovation sector. c) For the next 35 years till 2000, Computer and related innovation (“ ICTs ”) tripled and the sector represented 24% of all patents and showed an 8% annual growth rate.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Though patents filed before the transition date will remain in force up through March 2033, a good 10+ years away, teachers may also be wondering which regime to emphasize and for how long the pre-AIA rules will still be considered fundamental rather than footnote material. Who’s Suing Us? 235 (2018) for sharing data with us.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

A patent is a legal document that provides exclusive rights to inventors over others in making, using, and selling their inventions for usually 20 years from the date of filling the patent application. Who can file a patent application? There is a difference between the utility and design acts.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

Entertainment 2000, Inc. Within Metaverse, patents must be handled in accordance with three verticals: First, patents for the Metaverse technology itself, which may be further broken down into the hardware and software technologies required to create a distinctive and customized Metaverse. 2000 along with Design Rules 2001.

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Patently-O

JULY 10, 2022

Kevin Correll worked for the US Navy as an engineer, but also moonlighted for years as a solo patent attorney (prosecuting 211 patent applications). 2000) based upon receipt of compensation). Here, the district court also concluded that “[t]he government has a direct and substantial interest in patent applications.”

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The parties agree that the products described in the letter embody the design that was later patented. February 2000 : Junker filed his patent application that led to the D’839 patent. January 1999 : Eddings sent Boston Scientific a letter with pricing information for its Peelable Sheath Set.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Though patents filed before the transition date will remain in force up through March 2033, a good 10+ years away, teachers may also be wondering which regime to emphasize and for how long the pre-AIA rules will still be considered fundamental rather than footnote material. Who’s Suing Us? 235 (2018) for sharing data with us.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

Since Alice was decided in 2014, the federal courts have applied the Alice test to invalidate hundreds of patents on the grounds that they are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter. Through 2000, about 60% of the claims that have been challenged under §101 have been invalidated.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 8, 2022

A patent is an exclusive right granted to the inventor against his invention, which may be a product or a process for a new way of doing something, provided that the patent owner discloses the technical information related to his invention in the patent publication. Patents are governed by Royal Decree 82/2000.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 8, 2024

A patent which is granted in the territory of India can only be discharged within the borders of India, meaning the Patent rights are territorial in nature. Which means that there is no “Worldwide Patent”. Nonetheless, if a patent application is filed in India, that leads to the protection of the patent internationally.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 25, 2024

They claimed it wasn’t visually appealing, was a common trade variant, and lacked novelty due to prior similar designs and Pidilite’s own earlier patent application. Additionally, it ruled that Pidilite’s patent application was irrelevant since it was published after the design filing.

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

The Facts : On February 7, 2000 , the inventor’s company (MCE) offered to sell and install a butane-blending system to Equilon. The original patent application was filed Feb 9, 2021 –one year and two days later and outside the one year grace period. The Feb 7 date is important. ” = = = =.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

These patents share the same specification that “discloses two preferred embodiments: a voice-based web browser system and a voice-activated device controller.” ” The challenged patents are continuations of and claim priority to a patent application filed on February 4, 2000, and published as U.S.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Marc Richards spoke about patents and the metaverse, tying it back to the earlier discussion about all the new futuristic technology that will have to be developed before we have the real metaverse.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 12, 2024

And The Covaxin Patent Saga Continues: BBIL Changes the Patent Application Again After the furor around the missing mention of ICMR in the Covaxin patent application, Bharat Biotech has made two important changes to their application, coincidentally before the Health Minister’s speech in Parliament.

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Intepat

APRIL 18, 2022

The report calls the period from 2000-to 2020 that of digital technologies. In this era, 7% of all patents were from the medical innovation sector. c) For the next 35 years till 2000, Computer and related innovation (“ ICTs “) tripled, and the sector represented 24% of all patents and showed an 8% annual growth rate.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 30, 2022

” The below chart shows Metaverse-related filings by Technology (“Tech”) Center over time from 2000 to 2022, where we see a spike in activity in 2008. In addition, the above chart organizes patent application filings by Tech Center. Microsoft Corp., Leviathan Entertainment, and IBM. See 37 CFR § 1.211.).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 27, 2022

India- To register a patent and thereby enjoy protection against infringement in India, a product or a process must have an ‘inventive step’, should be capable of industrial application and should not fall within the categories that are explicitly defined as ‘not inventions’. Some well-known patented websites.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

August 22, 2023, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, proposed the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023. This set of amendments if accepted has the potential of altering the entire patent ecosystem of the nation.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2023

Additionally, the incorporation of the ’031 publication’s subject matter into both the patent at issue and the prior art reference was a key factor in the inherency finding. 1] The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Federal Circuit referred to the italicized claim feature as the “Morphology Limitation.” Kent State Univ. ,

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

Additionally, the incorporation of the ’031 publication’s subject matter into both the patent at issue and the prior art reference was a key factor in the inherency finding. 1] The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Federal Circuit referred to the italicized claim feature as the “Morphology Limitation.”

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Junker filed a design patent application on Feb. 7, 2000, for a “Handle for Introducer Sheath,” which was ultimately granted as US D450,839. Medical Components, Inc. , 2021-1649 (Fed. Back and forth discussions and suggested modifications occurred at least through Dec.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2024

Critically, petitions of review cannot be used to review the application of substantive law ( CA/PL 17/00 of 27 March 2000 ). In their request for a petition for review in T 0116/18 , the Opponent (Syngenta) argues that a fundamental violation occurred in relation to the application of G 2/21 by the Board of Appeal.

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IP Spotlight

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The allowance rate for all utility, plant, and reissue applications that the USPTO disposed of in the past year was 59%. The USPTO offers a “ Track One ” examination program in which the USPTO will advance a new patent application to the front of the queue if the applicant pays an additional fee.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

Controller of Patents and Designs: Madras High Court quashes unreasoned order of Patent Office Recently, the MHC came down heavily on the Indian Patent Office in Ulm University v. Controller of Patents for its non-speaking order rejecting a patent application.

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Intepat

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry on the 22nd August, 2023 published “The Draft Patents (Amendment), Rules, 2023” (Draft Rules). Patent applications and prosecution thereof is currently governed under the Patents Rules 2003 (2003 Rules).

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SpicyIP Tidbits: Clarification on Jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunals Reform Act 2021, and Need for Reasoned Orders for Rejecting Patent Applications. Then we discussed the Bombay High Court’s decision to rebuke the Patent Office for dismissing a patent application without providing sufficient reasons for the same.

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Junker filed a design patent application on Feb. 7, 2000, for a “Handle for Introducer Sheath,” which was ultimately granted as US D450,839. Back and forth discussions and suggested modifications occurred at least through Dec. 16, 1998 based upon a fax from Junker to Eddings.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2023

Congress is using the UAIA to reduce barriers to patent system entry, such as the costs associated with filing and prosecuting patent applications as well as maintaining patents. Effective December 29, 2022, discounts related to patent costs for small and micro entities increased. Information Disclosure Statement.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This was a significant development as the Supreme Court of Canada had expressly rejected the idea and stated that admitting patent prosecution history “would undermine the public notice function of the claims, and increase uncertainty as well as fuelling the already overheated engines of patent litigation” ( Free World Trust v Électro Santé Inc.

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Intepat

MAY 15, 2024

WIPO’s IGC, established in 2000, focuses on Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Genetic Resources (GRs) for sustainable development. However, the scope of protection and rights remain complex, and the proposal to include an obligation for patent applicants to disclose GR country of origin has hindered consensus among Member States.

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