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Journey Through “Septembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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One pertinent post on this subject was from this month in 2010 called the Patent Eligibility and the Logic of Law and Science. Basheer endorsed the point about testing patent agents on foundational legal subjects since a good part of patent prosecution will involve “legal” aspects, without requiring them to have a law degree to take the exam.

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Principals Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse Author Managing IP Article “Coordinating Patent Prosecution in the U.S. and Europe”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Lack of support issues are common in European patent prosecution but can be avoided through effective application drafting. Submission of declarations is common in US patent prosecution practice. For ex- ample, Rule 132 declarations, can be used by patent applicants to: Rebut Section 101 rejections.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

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Dr. Caleb Bates focuses his practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution, strategic counseling, and worldwide patent portfolio management in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. Patent & Trademark Office. in computer engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2005.

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Tips From a Former Examiner: Pre-Appeal Brief Review

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) office actions on the merits, a patent applicant has the option to appeal the patent examiner’s decision rejecting one or more claims to a higher forum, i.e., the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Why make this request?

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Looking Back: Graver Tank after 70 years

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Prosecution history estoppel limits the doctrine for claims amended or argued during patent prosecution. 2005) and Depuy Spine, Inc. Additionally, prosecution history estoppel may have precluded equivalence, if the reason alkaline earth metals were claimed was to overcome a rejection during patent prosecution.

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Fish & Richardson Expands Life Sciences Group with Addition of Principal Dr. Helen Baca

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Baca focuses her practice on IP portfolio management, strategic client counseling, and patent prosecution in diverse scientific and engineering fields. from the University of Chicago in the Department of Chemistry in 2005. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2009, and her Ph.D.

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Does Hyatt v. Hirshfeld Mean That More than One-Third of Patents on the Top Pharmaceuticals are Presumed Invalid?

IP Watchdog

Specifically, the case law indicates a patent that is being asserted is unenforceable when the patentee caused an unreasonable and unexplained delay in prosecution of the patent. Symbol Tech v Lemelson Medical, No. 04-1451 (Fed. There is relatively little case law on the specifics of laches.

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