Olartemoure Blog

JULY 12, 2024

This program will allow Applicants to expedite prosecution at any stage in a counterpart application pending in the Dominican Republic based on a U.S. patent grant. La entrada Prosecution of patent applications in latam se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program (the “DSMER Program”). Currently, the USPTO applies a “compact prosecution approach” in examining patent applications. An applicant is required to address all these objections and rejections in one response. .

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

During this meeting, panelists from industry and the USPTO provided helpful tips on drafting and prosecuting patent applications that include AI components, including special tips for the biotech industry. Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series.

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Nelligan Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Key changes to patent prosecution in Canada will come into effect October 3, 2022. Nelligan Law is grateful for the contribution of articling student Nailah Ramsoomair in writing this blog post. Note: * … The $100 fee is at Standard Rate. Note: ** … $408 at Small Entity Rate.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

It may so happen that the patent holder makes a misleading or misrepresenting or false disclosure of information, which is material to the invention. Similarly, the court shall also rely on the submission made by the applicant since there is no choice other than to utilize the submissions made. It is a breach of the duty of candor.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program (the “DSMER Program”). Currently, the USPTO applies a “compact prosecution approach” in examining patent applications. An applicant is required to address all these objections and rejections in one response. .

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rules, if passed, are surely a strong attempt towards fighting the long-standing issue of pendency in the Indian Patent Office, but concurrently it can also led to dilution of material safeguards within the Patent Act, which are in place to ensure that applicants/ patentees stick to their end of the patent bargain.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Delhi High Court on Non-filing of Written Submission to Delay Patent Application Process. The Controller of Patents where it rebuked the Plaintiff for not filing written submissions in time and thereby delaying the patent application process. Course on Access to Medicines, TRIPS and Patents [Kochi, December 10-14].

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Once commerce resumes between Russia and the affected countries, foreign owners of Russian patents should have documentation readily available to demonstrate such commercial activity in the hope that Russia authorizes retroactive compulsory licensing payments.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 23, 2022

The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of paralegal, Andry Dong, as an author for this blog. She presently assists on over 400 patent prosecution matters, including managing deadlines, serving as a liaison with U.S. Andry Dong is a paralegal in Perkins Coie’s Shanghai office. 1] See , [link].

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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2023

Image from here [This post is co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah] Various authors on this blog have repeatedly pointed out the lack of proper reasoning in patent orders, both from courts (see here ) as well as from the patent offices (see here ). Controller of Patents and Designs ( pdf.), In fact, at one point (para.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

As many patent applicants do not have the resources to obtain representation, these changes could help many inventors reap the benefits of IP protection and not lose patent rights due to a misunderstanding of the requirements.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Since the summer of 2020, the Canadian federal government has been looking for ways to decrease the needless delays and unwanted wait times present in the patent process under the Patent Rules. On July 3, 2021, the government proposed amendments , with excess claim fees sticking out to many legal professionals across the country.

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Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

A typical utility nonprovisional patent application will receive at least one Office Action rejecting the claims. Amendments are, therefore, common and to be expected in the normal course of patent prosecution. Again, such commentary may be unavoidable due to the prior art cited against your patent application.

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

As explained here , these demands are motivated by a broader overview to have patents with reliable validity, the absence of which hinders the assertion of the right later, for example, in seeking an injunction in an infringement suit. – The patent system needs complete searches and substantive examination for functioning well.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on May 10, 2024 (89 Fed. 40439), that would dramatically alter patent applicant and patentee statutory rights in their patent filings by proposing a draconian change to the requirements for submission of a terminal disclaimer (TD).

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Explain whether the state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States has caused you to change business strategies for protecting your intellectual property, such as shifting from patents to trade secrets, or vice versa.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2022

The notice was specifically targeted to parties proceeding before both the USPTO and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and was issued in response to urging by Senators to establish interagency communications aimed in part at eliminating so-called drug patent thickets.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

In general, an applicant qualifies as a micro entity under 37 CFR § 1.29 Therefore, not only is it important to select the proper entity status when filing a patent application, but it is also critical to recognize if and when an entity status changes.

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

A nonprovisional utility patent application has a roughly 90% probability of at least one rejection. A design patent application has an approximately 86% chance of approval. Basically, expect a utility patent application to be rejected at least once. How to respond to utility patent rejections.

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Patently-O

APRIL 14, 2024

I tried to have a GenAI tool (like ChatGPT or Claude) simply write a blog post for me, but those attempts largely failed because the results lacked insight, and the tools continue to make up wrong answers (i.e., In my patent prosecution class, the students are busy drafting a patent application. hallucinate).

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GDB Firm Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

4, 2021) A rejection based on obviousness can be a difficult rejection for patent applicants to overcome. In patent prosecution, an examiner who can find a reference or combination of references that supposedly incorporates the claimed invention can result in a stubborn obviousness rejection. Strathclyde v.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, this Australian study better reflects worldwide applications because most Australian patent applications are from international inventors who have filed patents in several jurisdictions. The study revealed that male sounding names were much more likely to have their patents granted.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

During this meeting, panelists from industry and the USPTO provided helpful tips on drafting and prosecuting patent applications that include AI components, including special tips for the biotech industry. Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series.

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Technology Trademark Patent Prosecution Patent 52

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This post was originally published to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog. In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. defense departments (e.g.,

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This post was originally published to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog. In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. defense departments (e.g.,

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Patent Application Invention Inventor Patent Prosecution 52

Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 29, 2024

What are the top losing patent arguments? About 9 out of 10 utility patent applications will receive at least one rejection. Getting a utility patent, therefore, will require skill in overcoming these inevitable rejections from the examiner. Then argue about how those claimed features are not in the prior art.

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Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

What are warning signs that may warrant a change in your US patent agent or law firm? When it comes USPTO patent prosecution, many factors are out of the control of your US patent agent or attorney. So it makes sense to focus on what is within a patent attorney’s control.

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Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

This is significantly earlier than the 16-month average wait time for a first Office Action in a typical US utility nonprovisional patent application. Though claim amendments are optional, you should take advantage of the opportunity to amend your PCT applications in light of the prior art found in the search report.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. In this decision, the Federal Court provided some helpful commentary and analysis on the application and limitations of patent agent privilege. . Patent Prosecution History Now Admissible as Evidence.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The workshop was conducted in two phases.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 14, 2021

Furthermore, patent prosecution occurring after the initial filing will vary by each governmental patent office. Some IP offices may present a more challenging patent examination process than others. Do US national stage applications require a subsequent request for examination?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Additionally, a person or entity to whom an inventor has assigned or is under an obligation to assign their invention, may apply for a patent, with certain exceptions. An application for a utility patent typically includes the abstract, drawings, and specification that will eventually appear in the utility patent.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 17, 2022

The FTO analysis typically includes search results for issued patents and published patent applications that cover technologies similar to the company’s technology and an assessment of any patent infringement litigation risk those patent matters may present. appeared first on DW Intellectual Property Blog.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In a cross-appeal, Amazon argues that the district court should have found the patent unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. No Reversible Error in Denying Inequitable Conduct I want to use this blog post to focus on the finding of no inequitable conduct. That appeal was also rejected. Freshub v Amazon. was unintentional.”

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Patent Agent and the Dubious Dichotomy of Science vs Law: The issue of/around Patent agents and their qualifying examinations has been extensively discussed on the blog. One pertinent post on this subject was from this month in 2010 called the Patent Eligibility and the Logic of Law and Science. In the post, Prof.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

of the Patent Act has brought about a significant shift in the Canadian approach to file wrapper estoppel by enabling the introduction of a patent’s prosecution history during claim construction. TA Foods Ltd. 2021 FCA 7 Section 53.1 In contrast, TA only used a Micronizer for heating oil seed via infrared radiation.

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