SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The 2024 Indicator focuses on the developments from 2023 and compares it with the figures from 2022. As the name suggests, the report features facts and figures about different types of IPRs, but this post is limited to the numbers on Patents, specifically focusing on data about the Indian patent regime. years in 2023.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The minutes are brief but confirm the Board of Appeal's decision to acknowledge the inventive step of the claimed invention and to dismiss the appeal. The inventive step of the claimed invention was acknowledged based on the post-published data submitted by the Patentee. How many moths needed for an invention?

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 29, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a total of 312,100 utility patents in the calendar year 2023. This marks the fourth consecutive year of decline in the number of issued patents. So this data is more of a backwards-looking snapshot.

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Patent Inventor Patent Application Invention 109

IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

2021-2022 was a big year for the Osgoode’s mooting team entry for the USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition. We invite you to participate in the tryouts for the 2022-2023 National Patent Application Drafting Competition ! About the National Patent Application Drafting Competition.

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Patent Application Patent Patent Drafting Invention 81

Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision in the case of Amgen Inc. 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. §

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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. 2023-1336 (Fed. Sanho Corp.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

The Controller had rejected a patent application by Arcturus Therapeutics for the applicants inability to file its second written submission on time. ” The Patent Office refused the application solely on procedural grounds, citing a delay in filing additional written submissions.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2023

In order to understand whether a purported technical effect may be relied on for inventive step, the EBA concludes that the substantive question remains what would the skilled person understand from the application as filed? G 2/21 is therefore open to a certain degree of interpretation.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

AI and the Global IP System We need a worldwide intellectual property (IP) structure that encourages innovation and invention if we are to benefit from generative AI. Specifically, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have opened up new avenues for invention that only minimally entail human intervention.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the recent UK case of Philip Morris v BAT [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat) , His Honour Justice Hacon (Hacon HHJ) considered the standard for invalidity due to added matter. Invalidity in view of added matter is a common patent pitfall in Europe ( IPKat ). Final thoughts: Added matter versus patent profanity?

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The IPKat

JANUARY 19, 2025

In this decision, the Board of Appeal upheld Inhibrx's European patent EP2812443 directed to a genus of anti-CD47 antibodies defined by their epitope binding and functional characteristics, finding both sufficient disclosure and inventive step.

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Invention Patent Art Patent Application 75

The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Another source of confusion is the divergent approaches of the UK courts and the EPO with respect to the test for the evidence standard in sufficiency and inventive step analysis. Plausibility demystified - a review of EPO case law before G 2/21 G 2/21: Is the technical effect embodied by the invention as originally disclosed?

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JD Supra Law

JULY 28, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office to reject patent applications directed to biotechnology-related inventions, held (In re Brana) that utility of such inventions did not require demonstration of therapeutic effectiveness, those determinations being the purview of the FDA.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2024

In 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversed examiners’ decisions in about 30% of appeals, and only in about 7% of appeals related to patent applications for business methods, which include financial technology (fintech) inventions. By: ArentFox Schiff

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Patent Application Patent Invention Business 73

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We have also included a list of other notable IP developments of 2023. The judgement was passed in October 2022, but was uploaded in September 2023 on the High Court’s website. A special thanks to Mr. G.

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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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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2023

Combining Multiple Inventions in an Single Patent Application @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-640f87a71087f6782{display: However, is combining multiple related inventions into a single patent application worth the cost savings?

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On 20 December 2023 the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the long-running saga of the DABUS patent applications in the United Kingdom.

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Patent Application Inventor Patent Invention 73

Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Patent Application 15/131,442 (the “’442 Patent”) with claims directed to a method of increasing prostacyclin release in systemic blood vessels of a human to improve vasodilation and reduce hypertension. Background John L. Couvaras filed U.S. Rea , 762 F.3d 3d 1346 (Fed.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2024

Since G 2/21 , Boards of Appeal have united on the interpretation that the evidence standard for inventive step (the "plausibility/credibility test") remains unchanged. The Board of Appeal in T 0116/18 equated this test with that of whether the technical effect is "embodied" by the technical teaching of the application as filed.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Section 100 empowers the central government to use, or authorise to use, an invention (application or grant) for the purposes of the government, on a non-commercial basis. Importantly, this is not a provision that requires abuse of patent by the patentee. However, no details are present in the public domain.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

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. In 2018, UCB filed a new patent application (the “’589 patent”, priority date 2009) covering a reformulation of Neupro.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The court held that an AI system is not a person, let alone a natural person, thus this requirement cannot be met by an AI system which has autonomously created an invention. So for the moment, the position under the UK patent system is that AI is very much a tool rather than an autonomous agent in its own right.

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Patently-O

MAY 25, 2023

2023) The case involving Medtronic and Teleflex centered on five patents related to a coaxial guide catheter used in interventional cardiology procedures. Patent 7,736,355 (“Itou”) could be regarded as prior art. Under this regulation, a third party’s US or PCT patent application becomes prior art once published.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 5, 2023

March 10, 2023) In a PTAB decision that was recently designated precedential, the Board made two important decisions concerning provisional patent applications. Critically, the Board held that the America Invents Act (AIA) brought forth a change in how provisional patent applications are considered in the prior art analysis.

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Patent Application Invention Art Designs 62

SpicyIP

MAY 10, 2023

Image from here On April 28, 2023, Justice Amit Bansal of the Delhi High Court passed three separate orders, all dealing with a similar issue- unclear, unreasoned orders from the Patent Office and the Trademark Registry (IP Offices) that rejected the patent/ trademark applications. Grupo Petrotemex v.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down many patents on the grounds that they are invalid as directed to an abstract idea, relying on the Supreme Court’s Alice decision. 12/20/2023) 2023 U.S. These categories are referred to as “patent-eligible subject matter.” In In re Elbaum (Fed.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The ever-present question for IP in certain technical fields is how much data is needed to support a patent application. However, in some cases, the amount of data needed to overcome this doubt to support a patent application may still be surprisingly minimal. 34) ( Cf.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

Within hours after the meeting, Berardi built his own prototype and three months later filed a patent application, which was granted as one of the six patents. The other five patents involve subject matter related to the first patent. Tristar counterclaimed to correct the inventorship of the six patents.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lisa did not otherwise significantly contribute to the conception of the invention. Before filing the application, EL tried out several prototypes on the city streets and ski-slopes before settling upon a preferred approach. After talking again with Jane, EL decided to patent the device. Question 3. What do you think?

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Patent Law Law Patent Patent Application 78

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on IPO’s patent application rejection of HIV drug Dolutegravir, another judgement in the long-running Section 3(k) saga, this time on the patentability of business methods and the DHC IPD’s Annual Report 2023-24. Read more on this!

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. A company should always be aware of any new inventions under development, and it is good practice to investigate the status of any inventions developed by company employees during the past year.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 14, 2023

We are pleased to announce that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are jointly organizing the 4th edition of their workshop on ‘Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field’ between April 24-28, 2023. The last date to apply for the workshop is March 25, 2023.

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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. Mitra And Co.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

This is perhaps not surprising, given that patent applications are not published until 18 months after they are filed, and that OpenAI's major innovation of ChatGPT was first released about 2 years ago. This year, eleven OpenAI patents and patent applications have been published.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Striking the middle ground between satisfying the strict basis requirement in Europe and avoiding patent profanity in the US, renders the decision of when to file a patent application all the more critical. The selected subject matter could not therefore be said to have basis in the application as filed.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2024

According to the USPTO guidance for AI-assisted inventions , AI has the potential to solve some of society's most difficult challenges. However, in the patent realm, the USPTO also believes that "inventorship analysis should focus on human contributions, as patents function to incentivize and reward human ingenuity".

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