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CALL FOR TRYOUTS – USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition

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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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[Webinar] Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp 2023: An Introduction to Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and Litigation - September 12th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

JD Supra Law

PLI’s Patent Bootcamp offers an exceptionally comprehensive and interactive environment for attendees who want to learn the basics of patent application preparation, claims drafting, and prosecution, as well as recent developments in the law.

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EPO maintains ST.26 sequence listing requirement for divisionals but compromises on excess page fees

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There is an international requirement for biological sequences disclosed in a patent application to be provided in a sequence listing document. First, the sequence listing facilitates the ability for the patent offices to search for the disclosed sequences in the prior art. Patent offices have discretion over whether ST.26

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AI Visualize and the Eligibility of Innovative AI Systems

Patently-O

Nikola Datzov wrote what we have all been thinking: “Innovative applications of AI are everywhere we look [and are] revolutionizing our society.” Datzov, The Role of Patent (In)Eligibility in Promoting Artificial Intelligence Innovation , 92 UMKC L. 1, 4 (2023). ” Nikola L.

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Adding matter by cherry-picking from separate embodiments: Philip Morris v BAT ([2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat))

The IPKat

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 ).

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Unambiguous disclosure without patent profanity (T 2171/21)

The IPKat

US patent attorneys wishing to understand certain peculiarities of European patent drafting need look no further than the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 2171/21. However, the EPO has a particularly narrow definition of what it means for subject matter to have been “disclosed in the application as filed”.

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"Using AI tools to help assess inventive step": A response to the CIPA journal article

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The article proposes: " Suppose a new patent application is received and converted into an embedding space using a large language model. AI-PreSearch simply uses vector search to identify and rank the similarities of prior art documents to the claims of a patent application.