IP Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) office actions on the merits, a patent applicant has the option to appeal the patent examiner’s decision rejecting one or more claims to a higher forum, i.e., the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). After two or more U.S.

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Patent Application Patent Trademark Patent Prosecution 133

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Inventorship in the US is a critical component of patent ownership. When applying for a patent at the USPTO, the applicant must name all inventors of the invention claimed in the patent application. In Europe, Article 123(2) EPC sets very strict requirements for amendments to patent applications.

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Patent Prosecution Invention Inventor Patent 75

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

One pertinent post on this subject was from this month in 2010 called the Patent Eligibility and the Logic of Law and Science. Basheer endorsed the point about testing patent agents on foundational legal subjects since a good part of patent prosecution will involve “legal” aspects, without requiring them to have a law degree to take the exam.

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Patent Prosecution Reporting Blogging Patent 45

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rules, if passed, are surely a strong attempt towards fighting the long-standing issue of pendency in the Indian Patent Office, but concurrently it can also led to dilution of material safeguards within the Patent Act, which are in place to ensure that applicants/ patentees stick to their end of the patent bargain.

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Patent Patent Prosecution Patent Application Publishing 98

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 10, 2022

Baca focuses her practice on IP portfolio management, strategic client counseling, and patent prosecution in diverse scientific and engineering fields. from the University of Chicago in the Department of Chemistry in 2005. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2009, and her Ph.D.

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Patent Prosecution IP Patent Application Patent Infringement 52

SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. At the least, India could prevent granting patents to frivolous and low-quality patents.

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Patent Patent Application Intellectual Property Law 72

Patently-O

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

” Prosecution History : During patent prosecution, the patentee had distinguished its invention from a formulation with pH 12 — arguing that pH 13 exhibited substantially more stability. But the prosecution history did not compare pH 13 with values in between 12 and 13. ” Phillips v. 3d 1303 (Fed.

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