Olartemoure Blog

JULY 12, 2024

This program will allow Applicants to expedite prosecution at any stage in a counterpart application pending in the Dominican Republic based on a U.S. patent grant. La entrada Prosecution of patent applications in latam se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

After a nine-year saga, beginning when Amgen sued Sanofi for allegedly infringing two of its patents in 2014, the Supreme Court held that Amgen’s asserted patents failed to satisfy the enablement requirement under 35 U.S.C. § Sanofi, et al. , 112(a), and are thus invalid.

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Intepat

APRIL 5, 2022

Upon notification, the applicant is expected to reply to the objections within six months, or the applicant can take an extension of another 3 months for filing of the reply. If the applicant fails to file a reply to the objections, the application is deemed to be abandoned. The Controller General of Patents & Ors. [OA/18/2014/PT/KOL].

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JD Supra Law

JULY 8, 2024

Between 2014-2023, China has filed more patent applications (38,000) covering Generative AI (GenAI) technology than another other country, six times more than second place United States, as reported by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Generative Artificial Intelligence Patent Landscape Report (“Report”).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Highlights of the Week Part I: Unreasoned Patent Grants and Rejections: Taking a Look at the Division Application Filing Fiasco in the BASF SE Case A Divisional Application (DA) by BASF was rejected by the IPO citing delay in filing of application. 2 in respect of the patent application of the petitioner.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

LEXIS 33719, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s rejection of the claims in a patent application as directed to an abstract idea. Certain other categories are “patent-ineligible subject matter:” laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. 12/20/2023) 2023 U.S.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

For instance, in 2008, the Justice Allah Raham committee report raised the issue of a lack of sufficient manpower in the Office to cope with the exponentially increasing pendency of patent applications. Also, this post from 2014 highlights the decision in Nitto Denko v.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Things that are not patentable (by judicial exceptions) include laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. These nonpatentable things are referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. Alice Corp.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

However, generative AI is susceptible to the same subject matter eligibility issues that have sunk countless patent applications involving various machine learning technologies. Patent Office guidelines along with real-life prosecution experience fortunately provide a roadmap to avoid that fate for generative AI inventions.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patent applications relating to artificial intelligence grew from 9% to approximately 16%. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). 2347 (2014). See Alice Corp. CLS Bank Int’l , 134 S. Part Two Preview.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

Some things, referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter, are not patentable: laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. 208, 216, 219 (2014). Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 14, 2024

With blockchain-related patent application filings on the rise, Thomas Isaacson at Polsinelli offers strategies for responding to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office determinations that the blockchain network is just a generic computer and patent-ineligible under the U.S. Supreme Court's 2014 Alice v.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Things that are not patentable (by judicial exceptions) include laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. These nonpatentable things are referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. Alice Corp.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

Robinson and Spectrum (collectively “Plaintiffs”) hired law firm FisherBroyles to file patent applications for his inventions. patent application for the spinal implant in March 2013. It then filed a PCT application and a non-provisional U.S. application in March 2014 that issued in 2018.

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Patently-O

JULY 16, 2023

Before getting an investor, these guys filed a low quality initial patent application that had unduly narrow claims that were exploited by knock-off versions and really just disclosed a single embodiment. The court noted that the patent document failed to suggest anywhere “that arbors are an optional feature of the invention.”

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For the first time in decades, the US Supreme Court will engage with enablement in patent applications. Specifically, Amgen seeks to appeal a decision from the Federal Circuit , in which the court found Amgen’s patents invalid for lack of enablement. The requirement of enablement in US patent law is codified in 35 USC s.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The case thus reaffirms the need for careful drafting of international patent applications in order to circumvent, as much as possible, the potential for invalidity due to the strict added matter standard in Europe and the UK. Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 1292, AP Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 40 ).

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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. However, in 2014, the Delhi High Court in Sukesh Behl V. Article 13.2

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The PTO responsive brief is due December 14, 2023. = = = The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a PTAB rejecting claims in a patent application filed by Institut Pasteur on the ground of obviousness-type double patenting. The policy goal is to prevent unjustified timewise extension of exclusive patent rights.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

(“Actavis”) submitted an ANDA application for approval of a generic version of Neupro’s original formulation in 2013. In 2014, UCB sued Actavis for infringement of the Muller patents. UCB prevailed in the lawsuit, and was awarded an injunction against Actavis until March 2021, when one of the Muller patents expires.

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Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

Services like All Prior Art are using AI to churn out and ‘publish’ many millions of generated texts, hoping some will preempt future patent applications. See my 2014 post. ” Lidiya Mishchenko , Thank You for Not Publishing (Unexamined Patent Applications) , 47 B.Y.U. .” 224, 239 (2019).

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 30, 2021

In May of 2019, Tesla filed a patent application for “Pulsed Laser Cleaning of Debris Accumulated on Glass Articles in Vehicles and Photovoltaic Assemblies.” The Tesla laser patent application also considers using the technology to clean debris from photovoltaic solar panels. Steps to Obtain a Patent. Solvay S.A.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 2, 2025

Highlights of the Week Delhi High Court Stirs the Pot for Biotech Patent Applicants in India On the recent Delhi High Court judgement concerning a genetically modified salmonella bacteria, Prashant Reddy explains how the Court erred by applying Section 3 on a microorganism and incorrectly applied the disclosure requirement under Section 10.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Though patents filed before the transition date will remain in force up through March 2033, a good 10+ years away, teachers may also be wondering which regime to emphasize and for how long the pre-AIA rules will still be considered fundamental rather than footnote material. Who’s Suing Us? Professors ). GrayLeCozDuan ). estoppel.pdf ).

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IP Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2022

1] Although some may say that the invasion began on March 18, 2014, when Russia illegally seized and annexed Crimea. [2] 2] As a practice note, if you have Russian patent applications pending or granted, we are looking at possible options for alternative means of paying annuities to maintain the patents in Russia.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The group thus implemented a gender-identifying number which patentees can add to their application if they choose to participate in gathering data on women in IP. Prior to the gender identifier, any applicant without a gender-specific name was considered a man. The statistics demonstrated that from 2014-2018, men filed 62.5%

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The worst of these patent trolls pick up low-quality patents and take advantage of asymmetries in the economics of litigation to make quick cash. The root source of this situation, according to Lederer, is the patent prosecution process. Start with the sheer volume of patent applications. Focusing on the U.S.,

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

a cat punch kindly released by Takashi(aes256) on Flickr under cc-by-sa-2.0 ) Another very interesting presentation was made by two panelists in relation to Regulation (EU) NO 536/2014 on clinical trials.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 28, 2022

Things that are not patentable (by judicial exceptions) include laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. These nonpatentable things are referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. Alice Corp.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

LEXIS 33719, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s rejection of the claims in a patent application as directed to an abstract idea. ” Certain other categories are “patent-ineligible subject matter:” laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As necessity is the mother of invention, the need to prevent Christmas tree fires has led to numerous patent applications in this area. Patent Application No. Patent Application No. Unfortunately, the inventors of the ‘902 and ‘707 applications had to deal with the Grinch known as prior art.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Though patents filed before the transition date will remain in force up through March 2033, a good 10+ years away, teachers may also be wondering which regime to emphasize and for how long the pre-AIA rules will still be considered fundamental rather than footnote material. Who’s Suing Us? Professors ). GrayLeCozDuan ). estoppel.pdf ).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Lastly, I will also argue that this observation by IPAB on Section 3(d) has allowed applicants to escape scrutiny under Section 3(d) through clever claim drafting. The Order and Patent Claims in Brief: The Patent application in issue is titled “ SOLID ORAL FORMULATION OF UTIDELONE. One can now move on to the Order.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Delhi High Court on Non-filing of Written Submission to Delay Patent Application Process. The Controller of Patents where it rebuked the Plaintiff for not filing written submissions in time and thereby delaying the patent application process. Image from here.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Graf Synergy’s infringement claim was based on a European patent relating to a “device for welding profiled elements in plastic material, in particular PVC” (EP 3 156 214). EP’214 was issued based on a divisional patent application. A PCT patent application was later filed based on this Belgian patent application.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Legal Background: Duty of disclosure and inequitable conduct Patent applicants and attorneys prosecuting patent applications at the USPTO have a duty to disclose information that is material to the patentability of the intention ( 37 C.F.R. As such, the patent application indicated, a formulation of pH of 2.8-3.3

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2014), a district court judge addressed the issue of copyright infringement in the context of legal briefs. Similar issues also came up in the patent information disclosure statement cases a decade ago. I suspect the Winston attorneys are likely happy to be in NY rather than Iowa. In the case of White v. 3d 396 (S.D.N.Y.

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