LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As necessity is the mother of invention, the need to prevent Christmas tree fires has led to numerous patent applications in this area. Patent Application No. Patent Application No. Unfortunately, the inventors of the ‘902 and ‘707 applications had to deal with the Grinch known as prior art.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2023

that Gilead’s intervening prior art reference invalidated Minnesota’s patent claims. While the case is a straightforward application of written description law, it is consistent with the Federal Circuit’s broader trend towards requiring more of patent applicants to comply with Section 112’s disclosure requirements.

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Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

Services like All Prior Art are using AI to churn out and ‘publish’ many millions of generated texts, hoping some will preempt future patent applications. See my 2014 post. ” Lidiya Mishchenko , Thank You for Not Publishing (Unexamined Patent Applications) , 47 B.Y.U. .” 224, 239 (2019).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Today we descend into the cryptic catacombs of patent drafting to exhume a narrative of innovation entangled in a web of woes. Patent Application No. 2014/0183326 (the ’326 application) dubbed “Halloween Pumpkin/Jack-O-Lantern Display Stand,” which faded into the abyss following a sinister scrimmage with the USPTO.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

While historically, the field of patent filing has been dominated by men, an inspiring shift is taking place. Women inventors are making significant strides, leaving an indelible mark on the world of innovation and intellectual property. of all inventors , with men making up the remaining 83.8%.

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Patently-O

JULY 6, 2022

USPTO (Supreme Court 2022) focuses the question of whether COURTS have power to create non-statutory patentability doctrines. Does the judiciary have the authority to require a patent applicant to meet a condition for patentability not required by the Patent Act? Double Patenting in the Statute.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Start with the sheer volume of patent applications. he states that over 600,000 applications are filed each year, meaning an examiner only has approximately 19 hours for examination. In such a situation, … bad patents are basically inevitable. For Lederer, alleged costs are a key metric associated with patent trolling.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The statistics demonstrated that from 2014-2018, men filed 62.5% of patent applications, 31.4% of applications involved both genders or were gender neutral, and women filed 6.2%. The team put on weekly podcasts to spotlight women inventors and held sessions with outside experts to help women with IP processes.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 29, 2024

Third, patentability of a method of agriculture- the issue of Section 3(h). The Factual Matrix Mitsui Chemicals (Appellant) filed a patent application in India through the PCT route in 2009. The application claimed priority from a Japanese application and the PCT claims was directed towards- “1. Let’s dive in.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 22, 2023

After a nine-year saga, beginning when Amgen sued Sanofi for allegedly infringing two of its patents in 2014, the Supreme Court held that Amgen’s asserted patents failed to satisfy the enablement requirement under 35 U.S.C. § Sanofi, et al. , § 112(a), and are thus invalid. make and use the same.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Graf Synergy’s infringement claim was based on a European patent relating to a “device for welding profiled elements in plastic material, in particular PVC” (EP 3 156 214). EP’214 was issued based on a divisional patent application. A PCT patent application was later filed based on this Belgian patent application.

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Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Under the right of prior use, the owner of a patent cannot enforce its exclusive rights against those who have used the invention in Spain or made serious and effective preparations to use it before the patent’s priority date. 10/2014, of 18 January 2014 , confirmed on appeal ). Real intention to use.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Patent Office is not supposed to issue separate patents for the same invention to competing inventors. Several statutory provisions empower the Office to reject pre-AIA patent application claims of the later inventor. But sometimes it’s not clear who is the later inventor.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This post explains some of the decision’s consequences and explores potential patent prosecution strategies. What transpired in Cellect was not entirely surprising after the court’s 2014 decision in Gilead Sciences, Inc. Gilead Sciences did not, however, involve family-related patents that received PTA. 3d 1208 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

In July 2007, Aysha Shaukat’s post first discussed how Pakistan was planning to take legal action against India for patenting ‘Super Basmati’. However, it later turned out that there was no patent application for the Super Basmati, but rather, as Aysha said, it was a “proverbial case of the media conflating IP terms”.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As Praharsh explains, a product-by-process claim aids instances where, owing to the challenges in describing the physical or structural characteristics of the invention, an inventor files a specification with claims disclosing the product and the process to manufacture the product.

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