Design Inventor Patent Application Patent Prosecution 
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its one millionth design patent on September 26, 2023. D1,000,000 claims the ornamental design for a dispensing comb. This milestone comes during a particularly prolific period for design patents.
The IPKat
AUGUST 11, 2023
In keeping with the so-called media "silly season" of late summer, PatKat thought she would check-in on the AI inventor debate. The process of patent prosecution determines whether the application contains an invention that may be awarded a patent. Sceptical Kat Has DABUS invented?
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SpicyIP
JANUARY 17, 2024
In a case with seemingly overlooked delayed filings by the Applicant, a patent application was abruptly transferred from one officer to another, ignoring a subsisting notice of opposition. Suriya is a Patent Analyst from Salem Tamil Nadu. The views expressed at those of the author’s alone.
LexBlog IP
MAY 9, 2022
In many cases, it may be desirable to file a new patent application that both relies on information disclosed in a previous patent application and includes new information that builds on the previous disclosure. A Continuation in Part (CIP) application is designed for exactly such a purpose. § 120.
The IPKat
AUGUST 13, 2024
This is perhaps not surprising, given that patent applications are not published until 18 months after they are filed, and that OpenAI's major innovation of ChatGPT was first released about 2 years ago. This year, eleven OpenAI patents and patent applications have been published.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
The England and Wales Court of Appeal has upheld lower rulings that two patent applications designating an artificial intelligence called DABUS as the inventor were deemed to be withdrawn. Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks And Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374.)
Patent Trademark Blog
APRIL 14, 2022
Yes for utility, and probably not for design. Here are statistics on whether your patent will be rejected. 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.
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