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Speed Up Patent Prosecution? Think PPH

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The USPTO implemented the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) back in May of 2010. It’s been around for a while but sometimes a forgotten tool in some technology fields.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

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Caleb Bates focuses his practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution, strategic counseling, and worldwide patent portfolio management in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. in medicinal chemistry from the University of Michigan in 2010, and his B.S. He received his J.D.

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Fish & Richardson Principal Christine Goddard Named to 2021 “Top Women of Law” List by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

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Goddard helps pharmaceutical companies develop strong patent positions on existing and future drug products. cum laude , from Suffolk University Law School in 2010, her Ph.D. Each year, MLW singles out an elite group of legal leaders for this prestigious award. Goddard received her J.D.,

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Patent Law and the False Claims Act.

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3730(e)(4)(A) (2010). Here, the basis of Silbersher claim stem from the prosecution history files of the Allergan patent applications. On appeal, the Federal Circuit concluded that the patent prosecution files stemmed from an administrative hearing and thus qualifies as an “other Federal … hearing.”

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

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2d 756, 757 (Iowa 2010). a Minnesota federal court also concluded the law firm’s use of scientific journal articles in the patent prosecution process was fair based on the transformative nature of the use and lack of market harm. A key case on point is Iowa S. Cannon , 789 N.W.2d Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. ,

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Predicting Eligibility

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When the Supreme Court decided Bilski back in 2010, I was quite concerned about predictability and co-authored a BTLJ article with Prof. Most of the patents that have been invalidated were those applied-for prior to the Supreme Court’s radical change in eligibility law. Rob Merges on the topic.

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Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence

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Additionally, if you are a patent owner or inventor, please include the number of U.S. and foreign patent applications you have filed; the number of U.S. Please explain what impacts, if any, you have experienced as a result of the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States. Topics for Public Comment.

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