Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 10, 2023

What is the purpose of a provisional patent application? To know how to write a provisional patent application (PPA) well, you must first understand its purpose. If the disclosure in your provisional is scant, then your provisional application will not be worth much from a legal perspective. Outlines are great.

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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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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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Patently-O

APRIL 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office announced the winner of this year’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. I would encourage any law student interested in pursuing a career in patent prosecution to consider participating in the competition next year.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A Federal Circuit panel struggled Thursday to work out whether published patent applications meet the requirements to serve as prior art, in order to evaluate whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rightfully invalidated claims of a Lynk Labs LED patent.

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Track One Patent Applications: Accelerating Your Path to Patent Protection After nearly 15 years of shepherding inventors through the patent process, I’ve seen firsthand how crucial timing can be in protecting intellectual property. What is Track One? Track One might be the competitive edge you need.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 25, 2024

The explosion of artificial intelligence has raised some challenging questions in patent law, particularly with prior art, or the body of knowledge available prior to the filing of patent application.

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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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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 13, 2021

For easing the mode of filing a patent and claiming the subject matter contained therein, there are two basic approaches, namely provisional patent application and complete patent application. What is a Provisional Patent Application? Why Should an Inventor File a Provisional Patent Application?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) directed patent practitioners to current case law and sections of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) as reminders as the patent practitioners continue to work in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology space. On September 22, 2022, the U.S.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This updated chart groups patent applications by filing date and then divides each group into three categories: Patented, Abandoned, and Pending. This may be due to the movement among patent attorneys to draft more technical and detailed patent applications. Look at the applications filed in early 2021).

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Design Patent Application: Where to Start Are you thinking about filing a design patent, but not sure where to begin? We’ll walk through the information and materials required to start the design patent application process. Need to file a design patent? You found the right post.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Focus on what matters most So much can be said, and has been said, about the patent application process. To avoid information overload, let’s get back to the most basic things you need to know to file a patent application. For those who say you can’t patent an idea, I’m using the term idea loosely.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

According to Brazilian law, once the patent application is filed, the applicant has up to 36 months to request examination, and file voluntary amendments to the claims with such request; once examination was requested, the application entered the queue based on its filing date.

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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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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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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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SpicyIP

JUNE 29, 2024

The Exclusion of ICMR from the Patent Application Last weekend, a series of unusual developments regarding the Covaxin patent (Patent Application Number: 202041007559) generated significant buzz. [A big thanks to Swaraj for his inputs on the post.]

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The grounds for the court’s decision was the definition of “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 (the Act ) which requires the inventor of a patent to be a natural person. So for the moment, the position under the UK patent system is that AI is very much a tool rather than an autonomous agent in its own right.

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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! The District of Delaware (“the court”) recently held that Apple Inc.’s

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 27, 2022

This month, Partner Richard Goldstucker discusses provisional patent applications. Once a month, we cover an interesting topic in 60 seconds. By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

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JD Supra Law

MAY 10, 2024

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finalized the adoption of version 1.7 This standard, integral for disclosing and submitting amino acid and nucleotide sequence listings within patent applications, ensures greater consistency in technical terminology and enhances the descriptions of such sequences.

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IP.com

JULY 18, 2022

While the quality of your invention no doubt contributes to writing a successful patent, so does the quality of your application. The post Get Your Patent Application Right the First Time appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics. But like any legal document, this means checking off.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) directed patent practitioners to current case law and sections of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) as reminders as the patent practitioners continue to work in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology space. On September 22, 2022, the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Excerpt: "In general, a patent is only valid in the country (or, in some cases, countries) where the patent office that issued it has responsibility. Originally published on the Maple Business Council website.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 14, 2022

Leap of Faith: File a PCT patent application while your US application might get rejected? Timing your patent filings can be tricky. P:atent applicants typically find themselves in a moment of indecision when the foreign filing deadline approaches. The problem is that you do not have the luxury of extra time.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

You want to file a patent application to protect the design. Can you file a design patent application? When you review the invention disclosure, you notice that the design is ornamental, for example, a pattern, on an article such as a chair. The answer is YES. By: International Lawyers Network

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JD Supra Law

JULY 28, 2023

Can you file the utility patent application with the color drawings or photographs? Suppose that you have an invention disclosure for a utility invention that you want to protect. When you review the invention disclosure, you notice that the inventor has only supplied color drawings or photographs of the invention. The answer is YES!

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) as a field of technology has correlated with an increase in patent application filings on AI-related inventions over the past two decades. With more filings than ever, businesses and institutions developing AI-based technology are claiming rights over key innovations in this space.

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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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JD Supra Law

JUNE 20, 2022

For many start-up companies, the prospect of filing a patent application can be daunting. Even when a company has a potentially patentable invention, the company may be unsure about what materials it should compile before seeking out patent counsel.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Imagine excitedly filing a patent application, waiting years for the case to be examined, and then finding your application rejected on grounds that it is obvious or anticipated by your own previously published work. This is a common situation, but it may be avoided with careful planning.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2024

In 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversed examiners’ decisions in about 30% of appeals, and only in about 7% of appeals related to patent applications for business methods, which include financial technology (fintech) inventions. By: ArentFox Schiff

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Mission Impossible: Can you block a design patent application? Design patent applications are not publicly viewable. It can be nearly impossible to figure out what design patent applications are pending. Suppose your competitor indicates that their product is patent-pending. This will be tricky.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Suppose you have an inventor or applicant who asks you to file a patent application in the U.S. However, the applicant has limited financial resources for filing the patent application. Should you claim small entity status or micro entity status for the applicant at the time of filing the patent application?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2022

For registering the patent, it is essential to file a patent application before the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, a government agency which reports to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. PCT Application.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A provisional patent application is a patent application that is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by an inventor, assignee, or registered practitioner.

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