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Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers

U.S. Department of Commerce

Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. LEADING INVENTOR IN ACCESSIBILITY TECHNOLOGY CHIEKO ASAKAWA. Leading Inventor in Accessibility Technology Chieko Asakawa More details.

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Problem Statement Precision: A Key Factor in TSM-Based Non-Obviousness Determination?

SpicyIP

By Kevin Preji On 28th Feb, 2024, the Delhi High Court in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs in allowing an appeal, clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (‘PSITA’) in determining non-obviousness. The patent office issued a first examination report in June 2019, (7 years later!)

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Protection of Computer-Related Inventions : An Indian Perspective

Intepat

INTRODUCTION As technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, Computer-Related Inventions (CRIs) have become a crucial component of modern innovation. The Patents Act, 1970, provides for the protection of CRIs, but there has been significant debate over the years regarding the patentability of such inventions in India.

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A present assignment of future continuation applications

Patently-O

While most of patents are attributable to both joint-inventors, some are only attributable to one or the other. Although it states that the invention rights “shall be the property” of the employer, it does not include any language spelling out an automatic assignment of rights. ” Brian Barnett. ” Brian Barnett.

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Guest Post by Prof. Hrdy & Dan Brean: The Patent Law Origins of Science Fiction

Patently-O

Are inventions described in works of science fiction patentable? They disclose useful technical information that can give readers a “stimulus” to perfect the invention and figure out how to make it work. Gernsback was also an inventor and serious scientific thinker in his own right. The answer is usually no, and for good reason.

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Amplifying Black Female Innovators: Engineer Marian Croak and Dr. Patricia Bath

IPilogue

The US National Inventors Hall of Fame (“NIHF”) has released its list of 2022 inductees, which notably includes two Black Female inventors for the first time in this organization’s 48-year history. Her invention, laserphaco , a minimally invasive, low-risk cataract removal procedure, is still used today.

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Alice Backs Anna: Federal Circuit Finds Miller Mendel’s Background Check Patent Abstract

Patently-O

The court found the claim language itself shows the invention’s focus served the human-organizing purpose of “assist[ing] an investigator in conducting a background investigation,” and the individual claim steps were all focused on information handling at a technically generic level. .” Covalent, Inc. ,

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