Posts Tagged: patent prosecution
Eight Tips to Get Your Patent Approved at the EPO
Patent prosecution can sometimes seem to be a rather byzantine process. As with anything, the more you understand, the better prepared you will be for the strategic …
How to Help Data Scientists Overcome Their Patent Doubts
When discussing patentable inventions with data scientists, I often hear them dismiss their inventions under arguments such as these: “We’re using the same tools as everyone …
A Global Look at Post Grant Patent Maintenance Fees
A patent maintenance fee is an official fee that is payable at prescribed intervals to a national patent office over the lifecycle of a patent application or …
Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Decision-Making in Patent Portfolio Management
Contemporary AI technology of the kind one has increasingly heard about in recent years is based on machine learning and deep learning methodologies. These use large amounts …
Overcoming Cognitive Bias in Patent Filing and Maintenance Decisions
During this turbulent era in the history of the U.S. patent system, many enterprises have pursued new models for IP strategy and execution. Others have taken …
How to Prepare and Prosecute Patents in Light of the USPTO’s Post-Alice Focus on Eligibility
Since the issuance by the United States Supreme Court of its opinion in Alice Corporation Pty Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014), the United …
Professors Expand Upon Proposals to Senate IP Subcommittee for Improving Patent Quality
On October 30, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property heard from five witnesses on ways to improve patent quality at the United States Patent and …
Artificial Intelligence Will Help to Solve the USPTO’s Patent Quality Problem
About a month ago, Steve Brachmann authored an article concerned with a brief given to Capitol Hill staff by Professors Frakes and Wasserman. The article highlighted fundamental, …
Other Barks & Bites: USPTO Updates AIA Trial Practice Guide, VoIP-Pal Beats Four Apple IPR Petitions, and China is Top Filer of Blockchain Patents
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues an updated AIA Trial Practice Guide following SAS Institute v. Iancu; the AM-FM …
The Most Common Design Patent Application Rejections (and How to Avoid Them) – Part II
In Part I of this article, we examined the top three rejections for design patent applications, which are due to non-enablement, inconsistency, and ambiguousness. The fourth most …
The Most Common Design Patent Application Rejections (and How to Avoid Them) – Part I
As one of about 46,000 registered practitioners in the United States, most of us are unfortunately too well acquainted with Section 101, 102, and 103 rejections from the U.S. Patent …
IPW Course: Patent Practice Training: Intro to Patent Prosecution
You’ve passed the patent bar exam. Now what? Having a license to practice is just the beginning. This is why Gene Quinn and John White designed …
Ecuador May Soon Reap the Benefits of the Patent Prosecution Highway
Ecuador has been participating in a pilot program of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) since 2016 but has as of yet failed to implement the system for a …
Panelists Warn Senate IP Subcommittee Against Drastic Measures on Patent Quality
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, headed by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), yesterday heard from five witnesses on ways to improve patent quality at …
The Latest and Greatest Halloween Patents for Your Perusal
It's a fun yet creepy day, so a fun and creepy patents post is in order. Hopefully you are reading this while dressed as a goblin, ghoul, …
