Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. In this chart, Mr. Pairolero analyzed patent application filings in accordance with the country of the patent owner once the patent application granted.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 29, 2024

Madras HC Remands Patent Application Back to IPO for Reconsideration By Md. Sabeeh Ahmad The Madras HC in a judgment this week has, on an appeal by Hendrickson USA (manufacturers of heavy-duty suspensions), remanded their patent application for “Axle Mount For Heavy-Duty Vehicle Brake System Components” back to the Patent Office.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

16/524,350 (“DABUS”) , the Applicant attempted to claim a machine as the inventor of a patent application. For example, the application data sheet (ADS) cited a single inventor “DABUS” as the given name and “(Invention generated by artificial intelligence)” as the family name. In In re Appl.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 4, 2024

According to Article 27 of the Chinese Patent Law, where a patent application for a design is filed, documents such as a request, drawings or photographs of the design and a brief description of the design shall be submitted. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In our previous blog post, we covered claim construction, Markush Groups, and dependent claim invalidation.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a draft of new measures that would downgrade the ratings of Chinese patent agencies that approve abnormal or fraudulent patents. CNIPA released the draft on October 8, which expands on a trial started in January 2022 in four provinces.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently terminated proceedings in approximately 3,100 patent applications due to the fraudulent use of a registered practitioner's signature by an unauthorized individual. This incident underscores the critical importance of adhering to proper signature practices in patent filings.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 16, 2024

The use of artificial intelligence ("AI") tools in the patent application process gives rise to a vast array of risks and opportunities for intellectual property ("IP") practitioners and society at large. IP practitioners have used computer tools to research and prepare patent applications for years.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2024

We all know that a patent application can be a significant asset to a company and its valuation. However, too many companies mistakenly believe that all software is not patentable. As a result, they are failing to file patent applications that can provide value now, as well as in the future.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Under PPH, prosecution of a patent application previously filed with a participating patent office can be fast-tracked in another participating patent office if the patent application meets certain requirements. In contrast, an average time to prosecute non-PPH patent applications is approximately 22.7

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Recently, the Indian Patent Office rejected a patent application by UPL Ltd. for lack of sufficient disclosure mandated under Section 10(4) of the Patents Act. It is in this light that the recent order by the Indian Patent Office (IPO) rejecting UPL’s patent application (pdf) becomes important.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Patents that are expected to protect a company’s most valuable innovations must stake a claim to that innovation and be equipped to defend it. This is because being worthy of patent protection doesn’t guarantee that an application’s claims to an innovation will not be rejected and rights to that innovation jeopardized.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the discontinuation of the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 This change necessitates a strategic shift for patent applicants, particularly in how they handle nonfinal office action responses and after-final practice. program, effective December 15, 2024. By: Troutman Pepper

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Patent Application No. The application published on October 31, 2024, and became available for public inspection. Microsoft is developing a way to eliminate hallucinations, or false responses, in artificial intelligence (AI) models. It filed U.S.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patent applications 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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patent applications 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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. In this chart, Mr. Pairolero analyzed patent application filings in accordance with the country of the patent owner once the patent application granted.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 23, 2024

7, 2024) - Designing functional features on a device will not make you an inventor for design patents on the device! Apple Inc., Masimo Corp. CV 22-1377, 2024 WL 4436629 (D. The District of Delaware (“the court”) recently held that Apple Inc.’s

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The grant rate shown in the graph represents a monthly calculation derived by dividing the number of issued patents by the total number of resolved patent applications for each month, but with an important limitation: the analysis includes only published patent applications.

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SpicyIP

JULY 4, 2024

Vandana Parvez vs The Controller of Patents , dealt with a withdrawn patent application that had been wrongfully published and then later cited as prior art for the same applicant’s subsequent patent application! Despite the withdrawal of the appellant’s patent application, it was wrongfully published.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2023

companies and inventors still filed more patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) than any other country, according to its Patent Index 2022, which was released today. patent applications numbered 48,088, a 2.9% The index showed that U.S. increase from 2021.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The biggest increase in patent filings was in Asia, where 67.6% of worldwide patent applications were filed. Trademark applications grew at a much faster rate than patent applications, with a 5.5% The United States saw a 1.2% decrease in filings and a 1% increase in trademark filings.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2023

While litigators and patent portfolio managers are immediately feeling the impact in Europe, surprisingly, they should also expect an impact on information disclosure statement (IDS) strategy for U.S. patent applications.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have an obligation to disclose if artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the innovation process. Everyone involved in the filing and prosecution of a U.S. 101 and 115.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The changes to the USPTO’s fees in 2025 add significant new fees for filing continuing applications (including continuation applications, divisional applications, and continuation-in-part applications) 6+ years after the priority date ($2,700 for undiscounted entities) or 9+ years after the priority date ($4,000 for undiscounted entities).

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 1, 2021

There is a split developing in the world over whether artificial intelligence software (AI) can be listed as an inventor on a patent application. In September 2021, the district court held that there was “overwhelming evidence” that Congress defined the term inventor in the Patent Act to include only natural persons.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

patent system from a first-to-invent system to a first-to-file system. Under a first-to-invent system, the first person to come up with an invention has “priority” and is entitled to a patent even if there was an earlier filed patent application from a different inventor covering the same invention.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2024

– For patent applications where the invention uses or is based on biological resources from India, NBA approval is necessary before the grant of the patent. – When Indian companies or entities collaborate with foreign organizations, and the collaboration involves biological resources.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2024

In an ongoing effort to reduce the backlog of patent applications, Brazil has introduced new appellate stage guidelines that significantly impact how applicants should respond to office actions and file appeals.

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SpicyIP

JULY 18, 2024

Controller of Patents and Designs , came down heavily on the IPO for its shoddy order rejecting the patent application 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 patent application.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2023

Killian is involved in an ongoing patent dispute in which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) rejected claims of his U.S. Patent Application No. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) violated Supreme Court precedent by ruling the patent application ineligible under the Alice/Mayo test.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

During the patent drafting process, the human inventors meet with the patent attorney to describe the invention. In this meeting, the patent attorney learns the bounds of the invention, and when drafting the patent application, “fills in the gaps” to…. By: Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

LEXIS 33719, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s rejection of the claims in a patent application as directed to an abstract idea. Certain other categories are “patent-ineligible subject matter:” laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. 12/20/2023) 2023 U.S.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office ) has issued a final order terminating 3,100 patent applications for intent to deceive the Office via fraudulent “S-signatures.”. By: AEON Law

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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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IP Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is at legal odds with Moderna, claiming that Moderna neglected to add three NIH scientists to Moderna’s patent application on a principal COVID-19 vaccine.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 7, 2024

The main change brought by the treaty is the mandatory disclosure of the origin of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in patent applications.

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