Posts Tagged: patent prosecution
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 …
USPTO Issues Additional Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance
On Thursday, October 17, the USPTO issued new patent eligibility guidance. The new guidance discusses and elaborates on the 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (PEG) that was …
Professors Brief Capitol Hill Staffers on Proposal to Weed Out ‘Bad Patents’
On Thursday, October 17, a Capitol Hill staff briefing will take place at 3:30 PM in 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building on a proposal to increase the amount of time …
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 …
Other Barks & Bites, October 5: USPTO Rulemaking Updates, Federal Circuit Weighs in on 101, and DOJ Tells SCOTUS to Deny Google Appeal
This past week in Other Barks & Bites: the USPTO delays the effective date for mandating electronic trademark application submissions and issues a proposed rulemaking on Patent Term …
SUCCESS Act Comments Are In: Access, Enforceability, Predictability Concerns Underscored
In May, the USPTO held the first of three hearings prompted by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science (SUCCESS) Act, which requires the USPTO …
What to Know About Drafting Patent Claims
In order to obtain exclusive rights on an invention, you must file for and obtain a patent. Many inventors will initially opt to file a provisional patent …
Improving Speed and Quality Using Automation for Patent Application Drafting
Patent application drafters are front-line participants to some of the most amazing innovations in the world today. A recent WIPO paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) outlines how …
After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 Extended by USPTO
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has announced that the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) has been extended to September 30, 2020. AFCP 2.0 is part of our ongoing …
Proving a Negative Claim Limitation: A Tale of Three Nonprecedential Cases
In the past 10 months, the issue of proving negative claim limitations has cropped up on appeals to the Federal Circuit. At least three panels of the Federal …
If You Want to Protect Your Business Method, Reframe It as a Technical Invention
The most effective way to protect an inventive business method is with a patent on a technical invention. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 Alice …
USPTO Leadership Sides With Patent Owner, Ruling Even Deficient Complaints Trigger Time-Bar
On August 23, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) issued a decision granting patent owner 360Heros’ request for rehearing of an …
Examining the Unforeseen Effects of the USPTO’s New Section 112 Guidelines
When the USPTO issued its 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance in January of this year, it seemed as if the patentability tides had finally shifted in …
Federal Circuit Agrees That Argument-Based Prosecution Estoppel Barred Amgen from Succeeding on Infringement Claim
The Federal Circuit issued an opinion on July 29 affirming the District Court for the District of Delaware’s dismissal of Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing Ltd.’s (…
Why Engineering Companies Get into IP Trouble: Five Tips to Mitigate the Risks
Too often, engineering companies are in such a race to come up with the next big thing that they forget to consider the crucial step following their …
