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Principals Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse Author Managing IP Article “Coordinating Patent Prosecution in the U.S. and Europe”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse examine the patentability requirements and prosecution schemes in the US and Europe and how applicants can prepare applications that will best serve their needs in both jurisdictions. Read the full article on Managing IP. Inventorship in the US is a critical component of patent ownership.

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The USPTO Claims it Wants to Ensure ‘Robust and Reliable’ Patents – But Its Questions Imply Another Assault on Patent Owners

IP Watchdog

Last October, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives To Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights. Patent owners, especially small businesses and independent inventors, need two things of the patent system: 1) Reliability/believability.

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A Creeper: Absorbing Generative AI into the Inventive Process

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) recent Request for Comments (RFC) on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) highlights a critical juncture in intellectual property law—evaluating the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the non-obviousness standard.

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Vidal Designates Precedential PTAB Decision on Provisionals as Prior Art Under AIA

IP Watchdog

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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It’s a Product Patent… It’s a Process Patent… It’s Product-by-Process Patent!

SpicyIP

But first, just to take a step back: What is a Product-by-Process Patent Claim? As a part of the patent bargain, an inventor must describe the invention and disclose the best method to perform it. However, I am not sure how the Kirin-Amgen is useful in importing product-by-process claims in the Indian Patents Act.

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Humanizing Technology: Back to Basics on DABUS and AI as Inventors

IP Watchdog

The number of artificial intelligence (AI) patent applications received annually by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grew from 30,000 in 2002 to more than 60,000 in 2018. Further, the USPTO has issued thousands of inventions that utilize AI.

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Data Show USPTO Patent Pro Bono Program is Working for Women and Minorities

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Pro Bono Program (PPBP) were African American or Black and 41% were female, according to the latest USPTO Director’s Blog. patents are women, while a Harvard study said that white individuals are three times more likely to invent than Black individuals.

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