JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 7, 2022

4734) in an effort to clarify which inventions are actually patentable and to codify those that are not. 66, (2012) and Alice v. Tillis introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S.4734) Since the Supreme Court handed down its decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., CLS Bank, 573 U.S.

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Patently-O

JUNE 26, 2023

It’s also common for the examiner to misconstrue aspects of the invention. The middle (grey) line in the chart pertains to non-financial data processing inventions (2120s). This is an increase from the 2% rate in 2012. This process often includes rectifying typographical errors and clarifying loose claim language.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 24, 2022

In June 2021, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an update to its study of America Invents Act (AIA) trials involving challenges to Orange Book-listed and biologic patents from September 16, 2012, through June 30, 2021. Here, we review the statistics and then give an overview of notable biologics decisions to date.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Reasoning In affirming the Board’s conclusion that a motivation to combine existed to render the invention obvious, the Federal Circuit focused on the fact that both GABA-a agonists and ARBs were known to be useful in the treatment of hypertension. to note that “[a]rguments raised only in footnotes [] are waived.” Otsuka Pharm. Rea , 762 F.3d

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The challenged patents both teach a similar claimed invention that is “directed to a poll-based networking system that connects users based on similarities as determined through poll answering and provides real-time results to the users.” ’321 66, 77–80 (2012) is applied. Provisional Application No. 61/309,038, filed on March 1, 2010.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 29, 2023

Congress implemented the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) to “establish a more efficient and streamlined patent system that [would] improve patent quality and limit unnecessary and counterproductive litigation costs.” 48680-01 (Aug.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 9, 2021

IPR has been popular with patent challengers and trial court defendants since 2012, when the America Invents Act (“AIA”) took effect. Arthrex was much anticipated because it carried with it the potential to upend the entire IPR system. Although IPR petitioners.

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Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

That claim requires too much follow-on research work and so does not sufficiently disclose the invention. Still, those will likely be unrecognized for their worth until some later date when a human truly invents but is blocked from patenting. 1563, 1564 (2022); See also, Michael McLaughlin , Computer-Generated Inventions , 101 J.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

If the prior art discloses a range overlapping a claimed range, the prior art only anticipates the claimed range if it describes the claimed range with sufficient specificity such that a reasonable fact finder could conclude that there is no reasonable difference in how the invention operates over the ranges. Ineos USA LLC v. Genentech, Inc.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The PTO recently rejected EMD Millipore’s patent application involving IR based spectroscopy and Sequenom’s patent application involving non-invasive prenatal genetic diagnostics on the grounds that both inventions were not patent eligible under Section 3(i) of the Patents Act, 1970.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

First, only inventions are patentable. Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. These four types of inventions are referred to as patent-eligible subject matter. Not everything is patentable.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Ask whether the claimed invention is directed toward a categorical exclusion. If yes, ask whether the claimed invention includes something more, such as an inventive concept that transforms the abstract idea into a patent eligible invention. 66 (2012); Alice Corp. Prometheus , 566 U.S. 208 (2014).

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 24, 2022

Since the passage of the America Invents Act in 2012, both petitioners and patent owners have expressed concerns regarding the procedures and practices of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 31, 2022

One of the casualties of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act in 2012 was 35 U.S.C. § 145, which had provided recourse to U.S. District Courts for U.S. patent applicants disgruntled with a determination of unpatentability before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but was abrogated by the AIA.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 23, 2022

With the passage of the America Invents Act (“AIA”) and the advent of inter partes reviews (“IPRs”) and post grant reviews (“PGRs”) in 2012, inter partes reexamination were discontinued and ex parte reexamination fell out of favor. Over the last few years IPR institution rates have declined.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

Ownership of Invention : By accepting employment with the Corporation, you hereby agree that all discoveries, designs, devices, and concepts developed by you in the course of and during your employment with the Corporation shall be the property of the Corporation. The quote above comes from the employment agreement. ” Brian Barnett.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 1, 2022

IPRs and PGRs went into effect as a result of the America Invents Act (AIA) on September 15, 2012, and were intended to replace inter partes reexamination. Inter Partes reviews (IPRs) and post grant reviews (PGRs) are procedures for challenging the validity of patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 11, 2023

By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Respondent’s process is unpatentable under § 101 not because it contains a mathematical algorithm as one component, but because, once that algorithm is assumed to be within the prior art, the application, considered as a whole, contains no patentable invention. Thus, the claim as a whole was ineligible. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Inter partes review (IPR) was introduced by the America Invents Act (AIA) as a counterpart to post-grant review. The USPTO released the final rules for inter partes review, the trial practice guide, and the general administrative trial final rules on August 14, 2012: Final Rules for Inter Partes Review.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2023

The best inventions cure a historical illness. DISH launched AutoHop in 2012, meaning the damages period continued from 2012 until present day. Ibuprofen for headaches, caffeine for fatigue, and of course—DISH Network’s “AutoHop” feature for skipping commercials. That comes out to more than $42.6 million per year.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2022

Section 3(b) provides that “an invention the primary or intended use or commercial exploitation of which could be contrary to public order or morality or which causes serious prejudice to human, animal or plant life or health or to the environment” will not be considered an invention for the purposes of the Patents Act.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 12, 2021

Since September 2012, only about 10% of America Invents Act petitions have been targeted at the pharmaceutical and biologic industries, according to new data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. The process of getting an invention Patent starts with Patentability Search, its also known as Novelty Search or Prior Art Search.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Stoll, Maintaining Post-Grant Review Estoppel in the America Invents Act: A Call for Legislative Restraint , 2012 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 ( Stoll.2012.estoppel.pdf

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 21, 2022

First, only inventions are patentable. Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. These four types of inventions are referred to as patent-eligible subject matter. Not everything is patentable.

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Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

The owner of a patent cannot enforce their rights against those who used the invention covered by the patent or made serious preparations for such use before the priority date. In addition, a third party’s use of an invention before its registration by another is also relevant to assess patent infringement.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 22, 2022

Launched by the USPTO and its Office of Education in 2012, the cards feature colorful portraits of various inventors from diverse backgrounds and demographics and were developed to encourage and inspire future generations of innovators from all walks of life. patents and over 100 inventions credited to her name. Marian Croak, Ph.D.,

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Patently-O

APRIL 12, 2023

66 (2012); and Alice Corp. ” In its briefing, the SG ties itself to the idea of “technological inventions”; arguing that “quintessentially technological inventions” should be patent eligible. Mayo Collaborative Servs. Prometheus Labs., CLS Bank Int’l , 573 U.S. 208 (2014). See 35 U.S.C.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It was introduced by the America Invents Act (AIA), and became available on September 16, 2012. Supplemental examination allows a patent owner (only) to ask the USPTO to consider, reconsider, or correct any information the patent owner deems relevant to the patent. Final Rules for Supplemental Examination.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 24, 2022

In his spare time he invents canine communication devices and treat dispensers. Figure 9 below comes from his US9723813 (2012 priority date). by Dennis Crouch. Andrew Davis is an ophthalmologist in Bellevue. You can buy something similar from Amazon – the Furbo dog camera.

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2023

Section 3 of the Patents Act, 1970 is the key section on “patent eligibility” and lists out what are not “inventions”. 1289, 1293 (2012) ). In the absence of scientific guidance, the Federal Circuit made incorrect assumptions about the nature and characteristics of the underlying invention. Is Messenger RNA Patent-Eligible?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2024

and European patent attorney who maintains a blog by the same name), in this SpicyIP Guest post from 2012 shows that a closer examination of TKDL’s contribution as a third-party observation at the EPO suggests its impact in preventing patents for traditional knowledge to be overstated.

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Patently-O

MARCH 4, 2024

The “on-sale bar” was the statutory hook that prevented an inventor from commercially exploiting a secret invention for several years and then also obtaining a patent monopoly. But, the problem is that the statute expressly asks whether the invention was “on sale.”

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Dorothy began specializing in those proceeding after the America Invents Act created the method of challenging patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in 2012. The broad-ranging interview with Dorothy notes that her practice was reinvented by focusing on post-grant proceedings.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

Are inventions described in works of science fiction patentable? They disclose useful technical information that can give readers a “stimulus” to perfect the invention and figure out how to make it work. Hrdy, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at University of Akron School of Law, and Daniel H. University of Minnesota Press 2016).

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Stoll, Maintaining Post-Grant Review Estoppel in the America Invents Act: A Call for Legislative Restraint , 2012 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 ( Stoll.2012.estoppel.pdf

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