Posts Tagged: Patent Examination
Patent Procurement and Strategy for Business Success: Building and Strategically Using Patents that Target the Right Infringers and Thwart Competitive Countermeasures
Successful patent strategies for business are inexorably tied to the quality of the patents upon which the patent strategies depend. The quality of a patent depends upon …
How to Avoid USPTO Rejections in Patent Drawings
Accurate and clear patent drawings strengthen and enhance patent applications, helping patent examiners who are already overburdened with applications to understand inventions faster. In this article, we …
How to Maximize the Validity of Your Issued Patent Portfolio
Companies that have a strong, diversified patent portfolio can establish themselves as key innovators within a particular field and secure a freedom to operate in that field. …
Green, Yellow, Or Red: What Color Is Your Patent Examiner and Why Should You Care?
Examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) can be categorized into three different “types,” namely, green, yellow and red Examiners. Knowing the type of …
Analyzing Vastly Different First Action Final Rejection Outcomes Following Recent Policy Change (Part II)
The USPTO recently revised Manual of Patent Examination Procedure (MPEP) Section 706.07(b) to retroactively impose a first action final rejection (FAFR) policy that significantly reduces patent applicants’ …
USPTO Seeks Dismissal of Class Action Inventor Suit Filed Over SAWS Program
On September 26, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed a motion to dismiss a class action complaint filed by two inventors alleging violations of the Privacy …
Japan Patent Office Case Examples on Artificial Intelligence Offer Guidance for Other Offices on Treating AI Inventions
The Japan Patent Office recently added ten new case examples pertinent to artificial intelligence-related technology to Annex A of its Japanese Patent Examination Handbook. The examples are …
Berkheimer, the Administrative Procedure Act, and PTO Motions to Vacate PTAB § 101 Decisions
After several years in which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) did not seem to have an official position on the issue, and many Patent …
WIPO Stats on Patent Application Filings Shows China Continuing to Lead the World
Globally, a total of 3.1 million patent applications were filed with patent offices worldwide during 2016, an increase of 8.3 percent over 2015’s filing numbers and the seventh straight year …
Testing a Patent Claim against an Abstract Idea, in Response to 35 USC §101 Rejection
One promising approach is to argue that the claims are directed to a specific technological solution to a specific technological problem, as has been successful in the …
How to Create Patent Rights
Intellectual property is distinguished from “real property” because the property itself exists in our heads and needs to be “created” through a process of description and examination. …
China streamlines patent examination for Internet, big data patent applications
On July 28th, 2017, China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) announced a new set of regulations which are intended to streamline the examination of patent applications in …
