Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 7, 2024

According to USPTO patent data , the chance of obtaining an allowance within 12 months for a Track One utility patent application is over 62%. Keep in mind that the total allowance rate would be higher since this data does not include applications allowed after 12 months. Want a successful US patent?

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

The legal case of Syngenta Limited vs. Controller Of Patents And Designs revolves around the interpretation of Section 16(1) of the Indian Patents Act. Background: Syngenta Limited filed an original patent application in 2005, detailing an invention concerning agrochemical concentrates.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It outlines trends, data and legal rights pertaining to patents, trade marks, designs, plant breeder rights ( PBR ) and copyright. Interestingly, despite innovation generally being on the rise, 2020 saw a very slight decrease (-2%) in the number of patents filed in Australia. Standard Patent Applications and Grants.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 10, 2022

Part 5: The IP Hidden Gems: Trade Secrets and Industrial Designs. Patenting software, and inventions related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning, known as computer-implemented inventions (CII) in patent lingo, is a complicated and evolving area.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

government since 1863 (the “Lincoln Law”) and is designed as a mechanism for catching (and thus deterring) fraud against the Federal Government. Here, the basis of Silbersher claim stem from the prosecution history files of the Allergan patent applications. 401 (2011) (interpreting a prior version of the Act).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Fellows program launched in 2011 and was designed for lawyers with eight to 15 years of experience. Pathfinders is a seven-month professional program designed to train high-performing, early-career attorneys on foundational leadership- and relationship-building. and international patent prosecution. legal profession.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The USPTO has had an accelerated examination program known as “Track-1” since 2011. The program allows patent applicants to advance a patent application out-of-turn such that a determination can be made within 12 moths of filing. ” In theory, it is a great idea.

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Patentably Defined

JANUARY 19, 2011

Generally, when drawings for utility patent applications are required, they must be black and white line drawings. Color drawings are permitted when they are the only practical medium to disclose a claimed invention and even then an applicant must petition the USPTO to accept them. national stage applications under 35 U.S.C.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 14, 2023

As made clear in the appellate opinion, a single meeting in August 2011 was central to the district court’s inventorship holding and the basis for Blue Gentian’s appeal. Three months later, Berardi filed his first expandable hose patent application (which was eventually issued as the ʼ941 patent).

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently designated as precedential a portion of its Penumbra v. RapidPulse decision in that provides important guidance on the use of a provisional patent application’s filing date for 102(a)(2) prior art under the America Invents Act. Penumbra, Inc. 8, 2015).

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

It states that the current IP regime poses problems in the context of generic computer programs because of the way the algorithms are designed and trained using large data sets. They receive inputs at various stages of their development – be it designing the software, training the system and testing how it functions.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

In a speech he gave to the World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago, he proposed that Congress should reform patent law (again) to give science fiction authors the ability to apply for “Provisional Patents.” Gernsback’s Provisional Patents were not at all like today’s provisional patent applications.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Plaintiff had argued that all the rights pertaining to the film vests with them by virtue of an agreement with the producer entered in 2011. Punjab Agricultural University was granted a national patent in indigenous hybrid hydroponic technology. Controller General of Patents Designs and Trade Marks launches IPO Grievance Portal.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Patent Application No. The inventors listed on Broad’s patent are Feng Zhang, Ph.D., and the inventors listed on the CVC application are Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., The Broad Institute, Inc. Interference No. 106,115, Decision on Priority at 2, 4 (PTAB Feb. Count 1 recites claim 18 of Broad’s U.S. 15/981,807.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

patent applications have mimicked the larger investment in AI technologies, AI-related IP disputes have lagged behind consumer adoption. Even at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) – one of the busiest forums for IP disputes – very few cases directly involve AI technologies. A Bloomberg Law article noted that U.S.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Strategic considerations include what to patent (components, cell assembly or manufacturing processes, etc), where to patent, what patents to abandon or sell, and licensing strategies. One key strategic consideration in building a robust patent portfolio involves deciding in which countries to file patent applications.

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its much anticipated Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions (“Guidance”). [1] 1] The Guidance is retroactive, meaning it applies to all patent applications and issued patents filed before, on or after February 13, 2024. 5] Stated otherwise, a natural person (e.g.,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

In recent years, there have been a number of high-profile litigations in the United States involving patents directed to each of the above-referenced components, including patent litigations related to cathodes, 13 anodes, 14 separators, 15 electrolytes, 16 battery cell packaging, 17 and battery module packaging.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Recently, on September 15, the Delhi High Court set aside an order from the Indian Patent Office rejecting the patent application on the basis of the old CRI Guidelines, 2016. Controller General of Patents and Designs: The Question of CRI and 3(k) Yogesh Byadwal In Raytheon Company v. 3(k) of The Patents Act, 1970.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2025

The Controller of Patents & Designs ( pdf ). The case involved an appeal against the order dated March 13, 2023, which had dismissed Patent Application No. But how the court has undertaken the analysis and upheld the Controllers order for rejection of the patent is rather interesting.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The USPTO has issued the final rules that include significant fee increases for patent applicants (and patent challengers), all set to take effect January 19, 2025 -- the final day of the Biden Administration. A key aspect of the America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) provided the USPTO with fee setting authority.

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