Posts Tagged: "John White"

Scott McKeown is one of the preeminent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practitioners in the country, founder and author of PatentsPostGrant.com, Co-Chair of the IPWatchdog PTAB Masters program, and a good friend. Recently, Scott decided to make a change, leaving Ropes & Gray and joining Wolf Greenfield & Sacks and becoming the first partner resident in Wolf’s new Washington, DC, offices. Given the news, I took the opportunity to invite Scott to IPWatchdog headquarters for an interview.

The Patent Cooperation Treaty is the best tool currently available to seek international patent protection in multiple jurisdictions. Keep up-to-date on the latest developments in the PCT system, direct from PCT experts at WIPO. Choosing the PCT route is one thing, but it is equally important to utilize the PCT in the best way possible to your and your clients’…

For many years Boolean Logic has been the gold standard for searching for patents and invention disclosures, and for some it still is.  But as every patent professional knows, Boolean Logic, as good as it is, has significant limitations. Indeed, relevant content necessary to make accurate evaluations can often be excluded from even the most intensive searches. Enter artificial intelligence…

Gene therapy, after years of promise, is now a reality, and monoclonal antibody pharmaceuticals are on the rise. Diagnostic testing is a necessary and standard part of medical practice. Outside of medicine, agricultural biotechnology improves our food supply. And even though Jurassic-Park-like dinosaur revival is still a dream, customized animals and revival of extinct species are a focus of real…

Join Gene Quinn, CEO & President of IPWatchdog, and John White, CEO, Managing Director and Program Faculty of the  PCT Learning Center, as they discuss world wide IP Strategy and how PCT, Hague, and Madrid filings factor into such a strategy. These are each vital tools to project and protect IP across the world; yet US origin filings only trickle in. With…

The data shows that Section 101 allowances at the USPTO are on the rise after a long period of decline, but the 101 situation still remains “alarming,” said panelists during IPWatchdog’s webinar—”A Tale of Different Software Innovations: The Uneven Impact of Alice”—last Thursday, March 7. While Congress is currently considering ways to address the patent eligibility problem, the likelihood of a legislative fix this year is slim, said Bob Stoll of Drinker Biddle. “I believe we will see introduction of legislation on 101 as early as this summer, but I don’t anticipate anything being enacted,” Stoll said. “There’s a lot more going on to occupy their interests on the Hill.”

Yesterday a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the America Invents Act’s (AIA’s) language barring patent protection for inventions that were “in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention” under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(1) extends to private sales to third parties. The decision upholds pre-AIA Federal Circuit precedent establishing that a “secret sale” could invalidate a patent. The question patent owners have been asking since 2011 was whether the AIA’s addition of the phrase “or otherwise available to the public” overruled the Federal Circuit’s judicial construction of the on-sale bar. “No,” said the High Court. As always, IPWatchdog reached out to experts across industries for their views on the decision. From “well-reasoned and correct” to “a disappointment” and “dismissive,” they had wide-ranging perspectives on the ruling’s broader implications.

For people starting out in the patent field, virtually all job announcements require some patent prosecution experience. A typical requirement is, for example, at least 2 years of experience in prosecution. I get it. What employer wants to invest in training only to see a person slip away once they can finally do something useful. Rather, you’d like to on-board the person, get them working immediately and discover what gaps may exist from their past experience and work to fill them in. Great idea, except it is hard to pull off.

You’ve passed the patent bar exam. Now what? We have heard that question too many times to count over the years as we have collectively spent over 50 years teaching patent bar review courses. With so many firms cutting back on, or eliminating training, and experience being necessary to get a job, we decided to create this Patent Practitioner Training 101, to bridge the gap for those new to the industry, and to offer a training solution to those firms in need of a ready-made program… At the end of this, course students should have a strong grasp on the day to day basics of patent practice, and a catalogue of examples and templates to draw upon for a variety of the most common and likely occurrences that real life will throw at a patent practitioner.

In SAS Institute, a 5-4 majority ruled that there is no authorization in the statute for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to partially institute a petition for inter partes review. Thus, the Supreme Court held that when the Patent Office institutes an inter partes review it must decide the patentability of all of the claims the petitioner has challenged. To provide instant reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in SAS Institute we’ve reached out to an All-Star panel of industry experts for their take on this important decision. Their analysis follows.