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The IPKat
DECEMBER 31, 2021
The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. By contrast, the US patent system retains a grace period for patent applications. 102(b)(1)(A) ). 102(b)(1)(A) ). 102(b)(1)(B) ).
IPilogue
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Madelaine Lynch is an IP Intensive intern, an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an international patent, but there are options for international patent filing. Madelaine published this article as a requirement for her internship at ventureLAB.
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Patent Trademark Blog
APRIL 14, 2022
A nonprovisional utility patent application has a roughly 90% probability of at least one rejection. A design patent application has an approximately 86% chance of approval. Basically, expect a utility patent application to be rejected at least once. So how should you deal with prior art rejections?
Patently-O
MAY 25, 2023
Patent 7,736,355 (“Itou”) could be regarded as prior art. In a split decision, the Federal Circuit confirmed the Board’s decision, establishing that the first-to-invent law from before the America Invents Act (AIA) allowed Teleflex to antedate the prior art by demonstrating prior invention. Perfect Surgical Techs., Olympus Am.,
Patent Trademark Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Focus on what matters most So much can be said, and has been said, about the patent application process. To avoid information overload, let’s get back to the most basic things you need to know to file a patent application. Unlike filing trademark and copyright applications, deadlines for filing patents are much less forgiving.
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
has been updated to state "absent any substantiated indication to the contrary, there is a strong rebuttable presumption under the EPC that an applicant or joint applicants claiming priority in accordance with Art. Applicants are now therefore required to convert a ST.25 Entitlement to priority (A-III-6.1)
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
JUNE 14, 2022
Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse examine the patentability requirements and prosecution schemes in the US and Europe and how applicants can prepare applications that will best serve their needs in both jurisdictions. One joint inventor cannot stop another from independently selling, conveying, assigning, or licensing the patent.
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