Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 7, 2024

Is it possible to increase your utility patent chances of success? It is common knowledge that obtaining a US utility patent is a years-long process that can cost tens of thousands. I have discussed ways to speed up the patent process. Need to get a utility patent granted? Statistics can be tricky.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In our new paper, The Truth About Design Patents , we debunk three widely held—but incorrect—views about U.S. design patents. Taken together, these myths paint a grim picture of design patents: Half of all design patent applications are rejected. Most asserted design patents are invalidated in litigation.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Prioritized examination, known sometimes as “Track One,” has been in place at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the past 12 years. The program, launched in September 2011 provides applicants with greater control over how quickly a patent application will be examined and offers a fast-track to an issued U.S.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This case addresses certain implications of the Laehy-Smith America Invests Act (AIA), namely whether patents with a filing date after March 16, 2013 (pure AIA patents) may be part of an interference proceeding under pre-AIA, 35 U.S.C. § Background In 2011, Congress passed the AIA, which transformed the U.S.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

November 4, 2022: The Madras High Court allowed the two writ petitions filed by the applicant with respect to two patent applications that were deemed abandoned by the Indian Patent Office on account of delay in filing the Request for Examination. In Chandra Sekar Vs. The Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

Assistant Controller Of Patents And Design accepting an appeal against the Controller’s decision rejecting a patent application for “aerosol generating article with multi material susceptor.” Understanding Why the Patent Application Went Up in Flames The patent application (no.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In a cross-appeal, Amazon argues that the district court should have found the patent unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. The parent patent application (APN 11/301,291) received an office action back in 2011 and the case went abandoned six months later. .” Throughout this time, the same patent attorney (Mr.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The EPO has launched a user consultation on grace periods for patents, the results of which will be published in early 2022 ( EPO press release ). The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. 102(b)(1)(A) ). 102(b)(1)(A) ).

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IP.com

JANUARY 29, 2024

Over the last decade, the total annual patent applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) each year is over 600,000 applications. The fastest patent review process time is 6-12 months if fast-tracked via Track One , with the average taking up to 22 months.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The America Invents Act became law in September 2011, but the first-to-invent provisions only took effect for patent applications filed after March 16, 2013. We apply pre-AIA status so long as every claim within the chain-of-priority has an effective filing date prior to the March 2013 date. AIA § 3(n).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 21, 2023

(DSI) filed suit against Plaintiff, Perq Software, LLC for Patent Infringement. Since launching their website in 2011, Disintermediation has handled over one million chat messages. According to the Complaint, DSI’s software includes numerous technological improvements that were captured in a family of patent applications.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2022

We recently came across two decisions by the Indian Patent Office (IPO) in which patent claim applications concerning two nicotine delivery devices were rejected on the ground of the same being affected by section 3(b) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970. The first decision concerns application no. a tobacco company.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Prioritized examination, known sometimes as “Track One,” has been in place at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the past 12 years. The program, launched in September 2011 provides applicants with greater control over how quickly a patent application will be examined and offers a fast-track to an issued U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Prioritized examination, known sometimes as “Track One,” has been in place at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the past 12 years. The program, launched in September 2011 provides applicants with greater control over how quickly a patent application will be examined and offers a fast-track to an issued U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Prioritized examination, known sometimes as “Track One,” has been in place at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the past 12 years. The program, launched in September 2011 provides applicants with greater control over how quickly a patent application will be examined and offers a fast-track to an issued U.S.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Subramaniyan and concerned the patent application number 9790/ CHENP/ 2011 filed by M/s. Here, the applicant originally filed 11 claims, with claims 1-3 related to crystal forms I, II, and III; claims 4-8 related to composition/product; and claims 9-11 related to methods for producing crystal forms. Nippon Shinyaku Co.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Figure 1: Percentage of Patent Litigations Including a Pre-AIA Patent, by Year Litigation Initiated.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Figure 1: Percentage of Patent Litigations Including a Pre-AIA Patent, by Year Litigation Initiated.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 29, 2022

Each January, there is great interest in the leading recipients of US patents issued during the previous year and, in particular, whether IBM will once again retain the leading position it has held for over two decades. Harrity has Canon in fourth, with 3,400 US patents issued in 2021, while IFI CLAIMS has LG at eighth, on 2,487 US patents.).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A decade ago, patent trolls were all the rage in the patent world. If there was a rock-star matter in the patent world, it was the debate over trolls. It got this Kat to wonder: has patent trolling become such an ""oh so yesterday" subject? Patent Trolls, ?nd Patent trolling 2021—yes, no, or maybe?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 10, 2023

Of late we have witnessed multiple orders (see here , here and here ) from different High Courts wherein the courts, without touching on the merits of the case, have clarified the expectations from the orders of the Indian Patent Office (IPO). Similarly, the Controller may also over-rule any objection raised by the Examiner.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Zachary Silbersher is a NY Patent Attorney. The allegation was that Allergan fraudulently obtained patents covering Alzheimer’s drug treatments with the result of inflated Medicare drug prices. (iii) from the news media, 31 U.S.C. An ex parte patent prosecution is clearly “Federal”: the PTO is an agency of the U.S.

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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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Garrigues Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

How can you use patents to protect the innovation that lies behind plant materials and at the same time secure a competitive edge in the market? When products such as these have undergone huge research, it can be advisable to protect them or the procedure used to obtain/produce the product, or both, through a patent.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2021

patent must be valid and enforceable or any potential reward for the Patent Owner will be moot. 2011) ( en banc ) (“This court now tightens the standards for finding both intent and materiality in order to redirect a doctrine that has been overused to the detriment of the public.”). Becton, Dickinson & Co. ,

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In 2020, Storus (AKA “Mosaic Brands”) sued Ridge Wallet for both patent infringement (US7334616) and product-design trade dress misappropriation. Ridge counterclaimed with its own patent infringement contentions (US10791808, Fig 11 shown above). Summary Judgment : Ridge ‘808 patent was invalid as anticipated.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Similar to other jurisdictions, a patent in Canada is granted for one invention only. Accordingly, in instances where multiple inventions are claimed in a single application, it may be necessary to parse out the inventions and protect them by filing divisional applications. In Consolboard Inc. , In view of Consolboard Inc.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The US Courts of Appeal of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) found in Belcher Pharmaceuticals v Hospira, Inc that a formulation patent was unenforceable in view of inequitable conduct, in the form of contradictory submissions to the patent office and the regulatory agency (FDA) by the patentee. Amphastar (Fed. Beckton , Fed.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 13, 2024

In this post, apart from discussing the background and arguments raised in the case, I will discuss how the court, relying upon the now scrapped draft 2013 guidelines , applied the technical effect test to decide the patentability of the invention. 3(k) of the Patent Act. The Patent Office rejected the patent application u/s.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 5, 2024

Kaijet highlights the narrowness of the pre-filing grace period (safe harbor) provision under the America Invents Act (AIA) and serves as a reminder that there are a number of patents that would have been valid under the pre-AIA patent system may no longer be valid under the current law. Sanho Corp. 2023-1336 (Fed. July 31, 2024).

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

Micro Entity Status: Qualifying to Reduce Patent Fees. Are you a small business or an individual inventor filing for a patent in the U.S.? If so, keep reading to learn about how you can reduce your patent fees through micro entity status. How to reduce your patent fees. Free patent consultations. important;}.thegem-template-wrapper.wpb_wrapper.thegem-custom-623b791352da51164{flex-wrap:

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This is a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) case. Back before 1995, patents were awarded a term of 17-years following issuance. As part of an international negotiation and with some anti-submarine policy justifications, the US switched over to a 20-year term that starts counting days as of the application’s filing date.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This case addresses certain implications of the Laehy-Smith America Invests Act (AIA), namely whether patents with a filing date after March 16, 2013 (pure AIA patents) may be part of an interference proceeding under pre-AIA, 35 U.S.C. § Background In 2011, Congress passed the AIA, which transformed the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). Unitherm”), argued that it had rights to the patent because its president was an inventor and should be added to the patent. Iolab Corp.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Bottom line in this new Minerva case — file your patent application before bringing a new product to a trade show. Minerva’s ‘208 patent claims a device for endometrial ablation and includes a 2011 priority filing date. Minerva Surgical, Inc.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2023

While the AmeriKat is still recovering from 2020, her Belgian Katfriends sum-up what was 2022 in Belgian patent litigation 'Tis the season for a look at the cases that were in 2022 from around Europe and what they mean for the IP litigation themes in those jurisdictions now that the dust has settled in 2023.

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Patently-O

MAY 3, 2023

hold[s] that the pleader ‘need only allege facts from which the Court could reasonably infer that the patent applicant made a deliberate decision to deceive the [US]PTO.’. 2011 WL 7461786, at *3 (“Delano Farms, a post-Therasense case. 2:09-cv-257, 2011 WL 13134426, at *3 (E.D. 7, 2011); Graphic Packaging Int’l, Inc.

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