IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), discussing the issue of inconsistent statements made by patent applicants pursuant to their disclosure requirements at the USPTO and other federal agencies, especially the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In one key takeaway, the panel suggested drafting an application with specific details about the innovation in order to support patent eligibility and enablement for the innovative concept.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal today designated as precedential a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision from March of this year that held a precedential U.S.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Innovators seeking patent protection for entertainment software inventions should be aware that all software inventions face patent-eligibility issues. Nevertheless, patent practitioners who are experienced in the art of software patent prosecution can help ensure that software inventions get maximum protection.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

According to the patent, producing a stable L-adrenaline formulation "seemed impossible in a preservative-free, sulphite-free solution, and had never been accomplished before". The solution provided by the patent was a L-adrenaline formulation having a high pH (2.8-3.3). The patent was granted with a claim to a formulation of pH 2.8-3.3.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 17, 2024

Discussing the background of the case in this guest post, Suriya Balakanthan, highlights how these procedural lapses took place and highlights the impact that this case can have on the patent prosecution setup. Suriya is a Patent Analyst from Salem Tamil Nadu. The views expressed at those of the author’s alone.

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IPilogue

MARCH 23, 2022

The students’ work will be supervised by lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Bereskin & Parr LLP, and OWN Innovation and may include: Performing prior art searches. Possibly assisting with other steps in the patent prosecution process (ie reviewing patent specifications, etc.). Performing trademark searches.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Among the grounds for revocation, such as lack of enablement or lack of patentability over the prior art, lack of entitlement is by far the least common. This strategy ensures that in a typical US application prior art that anticipates or renders obvious specific claims leaves other claims intact. Practice tip.

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Patently-O

MARCH 15, 2023

ChatGPT is good for that as well and can provide a reasoned structure, including identifying of prior art and obviousness standards. Automated Examination : On the patent prosecution side, we may shortly be in a situation where AI systems will be able to conduct patent examination at the same level of quality as a typical human examiner.

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Patently-O

APRIL 23, 2024

I am sure a great deal of the credit for their success can be attributed to our adjunct faculty members teaching patent prosecution at UMKC, James Devaney (Shook Hardy & Bacon) and Jon Hines (Senior Patent Counsel at 3Shape).

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices. However, the IPOS may request applicants to provide copies of subsequently cited prior art references.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 23, 2022

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. The novelty art is an article published within the grace period (i.e., 201310567987.0 (the Andry Dong is a paralegal in Perkins Coie’s Shanghai office.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Major innovations created in the biotechnology space may encounter issues in identifying patent eligible subject matter during patent prosecution (for example, panelists explained that abstract idea and natural phenomenon-based rejections are relatively common in the art unit for Biotechnology and Organic fields).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This is the second article of the multi-part series discussing benefits of prosecuting patents under Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH. To recap, PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 24, 2024

On May 10, 2024, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (Notice) concerning major changes to the terminal disclaimer (TD) practice, which may lead to a sea change in patent prosecution strategies. By: McDermott Will & Emery

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Last week, the Federal Circuit Court reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in In re Surgisil, L.L.P., overturning the Board’s ruling that a design for a rolled-paper art tool for blending anticipated Surgisil’s (Applicant) claimed lip implant. In re Surgisil, L.L.P., 2020-1940, 2021 WL 4515275 (Fed.

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Larson & Larson

JANUARY 13, 2025

IDS Submissions: Applicants may need to be more selective in citing prior art to avoid the new IDS size fees. Continuation Practice: The new fees for later-filed continuations could prompt earlier filing of follow-on applications.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 18, 2021

Assisting with various steps in the patent prosecution process (i.e.: conducting prior art searches, reviewing patent specifications, etc.). Performing freedom-to-operate and clearance searches. Performing trademark searches. Reviewing IP Agreements and licensing assistance.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 25, 2022

Assisting with various steps in the patent prosecution process (i.e.: conducting prior art searches, reviewing patent specifications, etc.). Performing freedom-to-operate and clearance searches. Performing trademark searches. Reviewing IP Agreements and licensing assistance.

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IP.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Invention Novelty Assessment: conduct a quantitative assessment of the novelty of an innovation against a corpus of global prior art to evaluate the feasibility of pursuing a patent. Filing the Application: File the patent application with the relevant patent office(s).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 14, 2024

S ubmissions made in US patent prosecution may be highly influential for claim interpretation post-grant. Coffee dreams The corresponding European patent ( EP 3023362 ) had been opposed for lack of novelty, for which interpretation of the term "barcode" was also critical. 22-2042, Fed.

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Patently-O

JULY 28, 2021

In practice, the invention is defined and shaped by the patent prosecution process, and so my easy linear process above is often only something that can be seen retrospectively once we understand the actual scope of the claimed invention. = = =. 2020), cert. denied sub nom. Dana-Farber Cancer Inst. , 20-1258, 2021 WL 2044661 (U.S.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Tab Patents are directed to systems and methods for displaying and navigating three-dimensional electronic spreadsheets by use of user customizable “notebook tabs” on a spreadsheet interface. 259 patent col.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The applicant, Malvern, unsuccessfully traversed the rejection on the merits, but removed the ’175 patent from prior art consideration by arguing that § 103(c)(1) applied, due to common ownership. After a change in ownership, Malvern sought supplemental examination of the ’175 patent under 35 U.S.C. §

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Patently-O

MARCH 13, 2022

Landers: The Problem of Design Patents: Representation and Subject Matter Scope (Source: SSRN). Sherkow: Preprint Servers and Patent Prior Art (Source: SSRN). New Job Postings on Patently-O: McKee Voorhees and Sease. IP Edge LLC – Patent Analyst . Mechanical Engineering Patent Attorney or Agent. NYU Langone.

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Track One Patent Applications: Accelerating Your Path to Patent Protection After nearly 15 years of shepherding inventors through the patent process, I’ve seen firsthand how crucial timing can be in protecting intellectual property. Here’s what you need to know about this accelerated pathway to patent protection.

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Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

How to get an early PCT prior art search. A prior art search is conducted for every PCT application. Depending upon your PCT filing date, that prior art search report may be issued sooner than an Office Action in a counterpart application. How can you take advantage of the PCT prior art search?

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

How claim amendments lead to stronger patent arguments Before delving into patent arguments, we cannot ignore a key strategy that can make your arguments more persuasive. I’m now in my third decade of practicing patent law, and one reality has remained constant throughout my patent prosecution career.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Typically, patentees are seeking narrow claim construction in order to better differentiate the patent claims from the asserted prior art. Monterey pointed to several elements from the prosecution history that support its contention. Figure 3 of the patent (above) shows the type of lateral routing of signals being discussed.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Having freelanced as a patent research analyst, he developed an interest in patent prosecution and in exploring the Patents Act through various interpretative approaches. He is currently engaged in WIPO-Harvard Law School Course in Patent Law and Global Public Health. course at NLSIU Bangalore.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 12, 2023

Establishing a prima facie case of obviousness based on a multiple prior art references generally requires that the references teach or suggest all claim elements and that one of ordinary skill in the art would be motivated to combine the references to achieve the invention as claimed.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Summary: An applicant’s arguments distinguishing prior art during patent prosecution constituted a disclaimer of claim scope and estopped the patentee from relying on the doctrine of equivalents to show infringement. NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS Before Prost, O’Malley, and Stoll. Appeal from the Eastern District of Texas.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Google’s patent application has to do with methods for filtering the results of an internet search query such that only age-appropriate results for a user are displayed.

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CoCal IP Law Institute

MARCH 10, 2022

Please join us on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 12:00 pm, where we will discuss the concept of Analogous Prior Art in Obviousness rejections, as well as delve into the issues in the Moderna-NIH conflict over Covid vaccine patent rights. Please see Analogous Prior Art slides here.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In particular, the Cooley LLP prosecuting attorney admitted to copying material from prior art into both the Abstract and the Detailed Description of the patent specification; but did not cite the reference within the patent document or disclose that reference to the USPTO for consideration.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 2, 2023

In this podcast, Procopio Partner Ernest Huang of Silicon Valley and AOMB Partner Ernest Baeten of the Netherlands discuss an innovative way in the Dutch patent system to get a peek at what the prior art is going to look like when you submit a provisional or normal patent application.

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