LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

2021-2246 ] (February 15, 2023), the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment that the asserted claims of U.S. 9,186,208 on surgical devices for a procedure called endometrial ablation were anticipated under the public use bar of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § Hologic, Inc., § 102(b).

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IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

Patent claims, for example, require that all claims have a significant contribution by a human inventor. One such approach would be to indicate which examples are “actual working examples” from inventors and which are “prophetic examples” drafted by AI. July 7, 2023). [2] persons may be deemed an export.” [2] Avianca Inc.,

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Patently-O

AUGUST 5, 2024

2023-1336 (Fed. The basic holding is that the 102(a)(2)/(b)(2) safe harbor triggered by an inventor’s pre-filing “public disclosure” of the invention requires that the invention be made “reasonably available to the public.” Mostly funded through a public KickStarter campaign).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This week, the UK supreme court finally rejected the appeal by Dr Thaler to have DABUS named as an inventor on a patent application. Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything? Use of large language models in the patent industry: A risk to patent quality? Looking beyond ST.26:

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Despite the EPO's continued insistence that the issue is settled ( IPKat ), we can expect the issue to rumble on into 2023. Even if (as has been suggested by observers prepared to be forgiving to the EPO) the couple are patent attorneys, the girl has nonetheless disclosed her invention just by using it on the public streets of Munich.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Here, the Federal Circuit has affirmed that the claims are invalid based upon a pre-filing trade-show display of the ornamental plant — holding that the display counted as a “public use.” ” The inventors here used conventional plant breeding to create a new form of petunia (Calibrachoa). .”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2024

The purpose of this right is to enable the government to fully realise the potential of the public-funded IPR in question if it is being underutilised by the inventor institute. which requires patented products to be significantly manufactured in the US until it is commercially infeasible.

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