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A major reason for this is that an examiner’s interpretation of a claim drawn to an innovation that may be worthy of patent protection may cause them to determine that the subject matter as claimed is not patentably distinct from the prior art.
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In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patentapplications relating to artificial intelligence grew from 9% to approximately 16%. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S.
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As a reminder, Art. As a reminder, Art. 2) Furthermore, it is permissible to file a utility model in a country by virtue of a right of priority based on the filing of a patentapplication, and vice versa. 41(1) CDR , provided that the subject matter of the two applications is substantively the same.
Controller of Patents and Designs , came down heavily on the IPO for its shoddy order rejecting the patentapplication filed by the appellant. The judgment raises serious concerns regarding the quality of functioning of the patent office. Order The Patent Controller issued a cryptic order rejecting the patentapplication.
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The patentapplicant argued that the prior art examples should be disregarded as merely a prophetic example. The PTAB rejected the call and instead presumed that the prior art teachings were enabling. 2012) (holding that prophetic examples in the prior art are still presumed to be enabling). = = = =. 3d 1282 (Fed.
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The referral particularly asks whether the non-enabling prior use of a product excludes the composition of the product from the prior art or whether it also excludes the product per se (i.e. According to existing case law, in order to constitute prior art, a disclosure must also be enabled (EPO Guidelines for Examination, G-IV, 2 ).
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