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Before the Breakthrough: Does Prior Art Include Wrongfully Published Applications?

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Vandana Parvez vs The Controller of Patents , dealt with a withdrawn patent application that had been wrongfully published and then later cited as prior art for the same applicant’s subsequent patent application! Despite the withdrawal of the appellant’s patent application, it was wrongfully published.

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The Times They Are a-Changin’? A Look at the Revised Patent Prosecution Timelines in the Draft Patent Amendment Rules

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While we are working on a separate post, with comments on the different aspects of these suggested amendments, we are pleased to bring to you a post on the proposed changes to the prescribed timeline for the examination of a patent application. The post is authored by an extremely diligent SpicyIP intern Md.

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BEST MODE: Did You, or Are You Just Going To, Test that Invention?

IP Tech Blog

A patent must teach one skilled in the relevant art how to make and use the claimed invention, as required by 35 U.S.C. The Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) 608.01(p) Failure to do so raises an inequitable conduct issue related to the applicant’s duty of disclosure, as discussed in our related posts here and here.

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Controller of Patents has the power to condone delay in filing responses to Examination Report – Madras High Court.

Selvam & Selvam Blog

In a recent ruling dated April 4, 2024, the Madras High Court addressed a significant issue regarding the procedural timelines in patent filings. The appellant, claimed to have invented a system and method for converting waste materials into reusable oil products. He filed a patent application on August 5, 2021.

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Leaving out the Working Examples?

SpicyIP

The Controller General of Patents & Designs observed that though “ working examples are essential for demonstrating the feasibility and workability of an invention, they do not define the patent’s scope.” Examples must be included in the description, especially in the case of chemical related inventions.

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Discerning Signal from Noise: Navigating the Flood of AI-Generated Prior Art

Patently-O

Services like All Prior Art are using AI to churn out and ‘publish’ many millions of generated texts, hoping some will preempt future patent applications. That claim requires too much follow-on research work and so does not sufficiently disclose the invention. See my 2014 post. 102, and are presumed to be enabling.

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The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023

Intepat

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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