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Recent Trends in Article of Manufacture of Design Patent Claims: GUIs Remain King

LexBlog IP

This article supplements our previous post with updated 2021 data. As outlined in our previous article , graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are one of the most popular articles of manufacture identified in recent U.S. design patents continue to grow in popularity. design patents that issued in 2012. GUIs Remain King.

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Recent Trends in Article of Manufacture of Design Claims: A Modern Digital Popularity Contest

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While the overall number of issued designs continues to increase each decade, one particular article of manufacture has seen the largest uptick in popularity among design patents issued over the last ten years: graphical user interfaces. A tangential trend that resulted in the wake of Apple v. Graphical User Interface Designs.

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Recent Trends in Article of Manufacture of Design Patent Claims: GUIs Remain King

JD Supra Law

This article supplements our previous post with updated 2021 data. design patents continue to grow in popularity. Although 2021 saw a slight downtick in the number of issued design patents compared to the previous two years—most likely caused by lower filings during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic—the number of U.S.

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Recent Trends in Article of Manufacture of Design Claims: A Modern Digital Popularity Contest

JD Supra Law

Over the last 20 years, the total number of design patents issued per year in the United States has erupted. As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the…. By: Quarles & Brady LLP

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Major Life Sciences Licensing Deal Trends in China in 2023

JD Supra Law

This is the first of two articles focused on 2023 life sciences deals in China. The second article, which is coming soon, looks at trends in M&A. In 2023, there were 240 reported life sciences licensing deals in China, an increase of almost 50% compared to 2021. By: Goodwin

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2023 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

JD Supra Law

As in the past, many of our articles follow a data-driven approach in order to sift out trends and to identify best practices for parties on both sides of the “v.” As a firm that has handled over a thousand PTAB proceedings – second-most of any firm and including four inter partes reviews filed during.

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SPC trends to watch in 2022: an EU review, the waiver, Article 3c

Managing IP

Pharma-focused in-house and law firm counsel highlight the most important supplementary protection certificate issues for next year

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