IP Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a precedential decision today vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding that certain claims of Google, LLC’s U.S. Patent Application No. 14/628,093 were obvious. The CAFC opinion, authored by Chief Judge Moore, said the U.S.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Will arguments be necessary in your utility patent application? Nine out of ten utility patent applications will get rejected at least once. So, yes, arguments will be required in the vast majority of utility patent applications. Many will get rejected multiple times. Examiners are human. at least for now.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

2021-2022 was a big year for the Osgoode’s mooting team entry for the USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition. We invite you to participate in the tryouts for the 2022-2023 National Patent Application Drafting Competition ! About the National Patent Application Drafting Competition.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 29, 2023

While we are working on a separate post, with comments on the different aspects of these suggested amendments, we are pleased to bring to you a post on the proposed changes to the prescribed timeline for the examination of a patent application. A Look at the Revised Patent Prosecution Timelines in the Draft Patent Amendment Rules Md.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We invite you to participate in the tryouts for the annual Patent Application Drafting Competition (PADC)! The winner of each regional round will compete in the National Finals held at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. .

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 13, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office handles hundreds of thousands of patent applications per year, as well as various types of administrative patent proceedings.

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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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IPilogue

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This is a reminder that submissions to try out for the annual National Patent Application Drafting Competition (PDC) team are due on Friday, October 22 at 3pm ! The winner of each regional round will compete in the National Finals held at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. .

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IP Watchdog

JULY 25, 2021

As such, AI has been shown to have near endless applications, driving a surge of inventions and related patent application filings. Many AI-based systems are able to recognize trends, patterns and connections, test hypotheses using available data sets, and continuously improve decision trees based on user input.

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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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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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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

These Guidelines instruct European patent examiners (and the public) on how the patent prosecution process works—much like the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Manual of Patent Examining Procedure.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What is a patent application attorney (patent prosecutor) versus a patent litigator? Patent practitioners generally fall under one of two practice areas: 1) patent litigation, or 2) patent prosecution. Are patent litigators required to be registered to practice before the USPTO?

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I wanted to get a more accurate number of folks currently practicing in the patent prosecution area. Do do this, I downloaded and parsed through USPTO records for utility patent applications filed since mid 2018 and that have been made public. About 80% are attorneys with the remaining 20% being patent agents.

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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

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.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Harrity & Harrity is looking for superstar patent professionals to draft and/or prosecute patent applications for leading global technology companies, including numerous Patent 300® companies. The option to work from the Fairfax, Va., office is also available.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Harrity & Harrity, LLP is looking for superstar patent professionals to draft and/or prosecute patent applications for leading global technology companies, including numerous Patent 300® companies. This is a full-time, permanent, remote position in the United States.

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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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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. In contrast, an average time to prosecute non-PPH patent applications is approximately 22.7

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Legal Background: Duty of disclosure and inequitable conduct Patent applicants and attorneys prosecuting patent applications at the USPTO have a duty to disclose information that is material to the patentability of the intention ( 37 C.F.R. As such, the patent application indicated, a formulation of pH of 2.8-3.3

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Harrity & Harrity, LLP employs superstar patent professionals to prepare patent applications for leading global technology companies. We are currently looking for a patent preparation and prosecution attorney or agent, specifically in semiconductor technology areas, to join our team.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

From this finding, the Surgisil court appears to extrapolate a symmetry by which a design for an artist’s stump is both ineligible for citation against Applicant’s lip implant in patent prosecution and also not covered in a putative enforcement of Applicant’s design.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 29, 2022

With significant increases in both standard and (especially) innovation patent applications , 2021 should have been a bumper year for patent attorneys operating in Australia. The number of applications filed by third-placed Griffith Hack actually fell in 2021, with the firm narrowly avoiding falling behind fourth-placed FB Rice.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

Examiner interviews are a powerful but underutilized tool in patent prosecution. Last year, a whopping 75% of patent applications concluded without a single interview in their file history. By: Polsinelli

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Inventorship in the US is a critical component of patent ownership. When applying for a patent at the USPTO, the applicant must name all inventors of the invention claimed in the patent application. In Europe, Article 123(2) EPC sets very strict requirements for amendments to patent applications.

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Patently-O

MARCH 15, 2023

Associates around the country today are drafting motions, patent applications, and other documents using some version of ChatGPT. Of course, If I were a judge or examiner, I might also be interested in using AI to help facilitate my decision-making.

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IP Law 360

JULY 21, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office's implementation of the Patent Prosecution Highway program places limits on patent applicants' options when amending claims during examination, so the PPH may not be the most appropriate vehicle for accelerating examination of U.S.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (“MPEP”) is the examination manual used internally at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) to guide examiners in the process of examining patent applications. By: Quarles & Brady LLP

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 24, 2023

In practice, companies regularly search the competitors's related published patent applications to determine whether they pose a threat to their own market activities.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Banner Witcoff is seeking a Biotech or Chemistry Patent Attorney with 5 or more years of experience in patent prosecution for its Chicago, IL or Washington, DC offices. Duties include, but are not limited to evaluating patent portfolios, drafting and prosecuting patent applications, patent portfolio management, and counseling.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

AI drafting software, with promise of efficiency and innovation, has been increasingly adopted for drafting patent application and aiding in patent prosecution. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2021

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going. If AI-related patent applications and grants are on the uptick, what was the problem with DABUS?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Patent Prosecution refers to the process whereby an applicant files an application before the Patent Office for the grant of a patent. This process necessarily consists of several steps to ensure that only ‘patentable’ inventions are granted protection.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The changes aim to generate sufficient revenue to recover the USPTO's operational costs, while promoting efficient patent prosecution practices. Here's what patent applicants and owners need to understand about the upcoming changes. By: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

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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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