LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices. In contrast, an average time to prosecute non-PPH patent applications is approximately 22.7

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Although the “stump” art tool cited as prior art in Surgisil resembled Applicant’s lip implant (see below), the Federal Circuit found that Applicant’s “claim is limited to lip implants and does not cover other articles of manufacture.”

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Harrity & Harrity is looking for superstar patent professionals to draft and/or prosecute patent applications for leading global technology companies, including numerous Patent 300® companies. The option to work from the Fairfax, Va., office is also available.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Harrity & Harrity, LLP is looking for superstar patent professionals to draft and/or prosecute patent applications for leading global technology companies, including numerous Patent 300® companies. This is a full-time, permanent, remote position in the United States.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 25, 2021

As such, AI has been shown to have near endless applications, driving a surge of inventions and related patent application filings. Many AI-based systems are able to recognize trends, patterns and connections, test hypotheses using available data sets, and continuously improve decision trees based on user input.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), discussing the issue of inconsistent statements made by patent applicants pursuant to their disclosure requirements at the USPTO and other federal agencies, especially the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2023

While litigators and patent portfolio managers are immediately feeling the impact in Europe, surprisingly, they should also expect an impact on information disclosure statement (IDS) strategy for U.S. patent applications.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 23, 2022

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. The novelty art is an article published within the grace period (i.e., 201310567987.0 (the Andry Dong is a paralegal in Perkins Coie’s Shanghai office.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In our previous blog post, we covered claim construction, Markush Groups, and dependent claim invalidation.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2024

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is seeking a Junior to Midlevel Associate or Patent Agent to join the Life Sciences subgroup of the Intellectual Property practice group. The Agent or Associate must have 2+ years of patent prosecution experience at a firm or in-house, and the ability to draft patent applications is a must.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

These Guidelines instruct European patent examiners (and the public) on how the patent prosecution process works—much like the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Manual of Patent Examining Procedure.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 4, 2023

Renner Otto, a growing intellectual property (IP) law firm located in Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, is looking for a Senior Patent Prosecution Attorney. Responsibilities include all aspects of patent practice including preparation and prosecution of patent applications and patent opinion work.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Our client, a respected IP boutique law firm with a focus on patent prosecution excellence, is actively seeking an Electrical Engineering or Computer Science Patent Attorney to join their growing team in Nothern Virginia.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Patents that are expected to protect a company’s most valuable innovations must stake a claim to that innovation and be equipped to defend it. This is because being worthy of patent protection doesn’t guarantee that an application’s claims to an innovation will not be rejected and rights to that innovation jeopardized.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

Renner Otto, a growing intellectual property (IP) law firm located in Cleveland, Ohio, is looking for a Patent Prosecution Associate. Responsibilities include all aspects of patent practice including preparation and prosecution of patent applications and patent opinion work.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Banner Witcoff is seeking a Biotech or Chemistry Patent Attorney with 5 or more years of experience in patent prosecution for its Chicago, IL or Washington, DC offices. Duties include, but are not limited to evaluating patent portfolios, drafting and prosecuting patent applications, patent portfolio management, and counseling.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 12, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register announcing that the agency would be revising its rules of practice to require that information disclosure statements related to patent term adjustments (PTAs) be submitted on Form PTO/SB/133.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

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). After two or more U.S. Why make this request? What are the pros and cons?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Much of patent prosecution and opposition at the EPO is an advanced game of spot the difference. Subtle differences between the application as filed and the claimed subject matter can be fatal to a granted European patent.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. Article 13.2 Similar language is incorporated in Article 13.3 of the EFTA-India FTA.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

The following are a few of the articles that I’ve been delving into this past week: James Hicks, Do Patents Drive Investment in Software? , ” The article leverages the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. 1277 (2024). automobile sector during the early 20th century.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

by Dennis Crouch I have really enjoyed reading the new article by Professors Rantanen and Datzov providing empirical evidence that eligibility outcomes are now quite predictable. When the Supreme Court decided Bilski back in 2010, I was quite concerned about predictability and co-authored a BTLJ article with Prof.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

In Cannon, the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed disciplinary action against a lawyer who filed a brief using work that was largely plagiarized from a published article. He responded that he was responsible for the briefs but had relied heavily upon a published article. ” The court ordered Cannon to certify he was the author.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Matthew Bultman: Draft Standard-Patent Policy Draws Former Officials’ Opposition (Source: Bloomberg Law). Commentary and Journal Articles: Atty. Aaron Wininger: China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Issues Notice on Continuing and Strictly Regulating Patent Application Behavior (Source: The National Review).

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Suggestions for intra-agency collaboration included more access to drug dossier information during patent prosecution, although concerns were also raised regarding the prospect that such increased engagement could tax agency resources to the detriment of all patent applicants.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2023

AI inventor case catch-up: Formalities, not patentability It is worth remembering that a patent application may be filed for any subject matter, provided the appropriate forms are filled in and the necessary fees paid. The patent applications have simply been refused for failing to satisfy the formal requirements of filing.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 26, 2021

A quirk of European patent prosecution is the requirement for the description to be amended in line with allowed claims. The Examiner had refused the application on the basis of Article 84 EPC. Article 84 EPC states that " [t]he claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2023

companies and inventors still filed more patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) than any other country, according to its Patent Index 2022, which was released today. patent applications numbered 48,088, a 2.9% The index showed that U.S. increase from 2021.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on May 10, 2024 (89 Fed. 40439), that would dramatically alter patent applicant and patentee statutory rights in their patent filings by proposing a draconian change to the requirements for submission of a terminal disclaimer (TD).

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SpicyIP

JULY 31, 2023

The present case is perhaps the first where the court deconstructs the question of patentability and infringement of product-by-process patent claims in India. Article 64(2) of the EPC states that if a subject matter is a process, then the patent protection shall be extended to products directly obtained by such process.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The biggest increase in patent filings was in Asia, where 67.6% of worldwide patent applications were filed. Trademark applications grew at a much faster rate than patent applications, with a 5.5% The United States saw a 1.2% decrease in filings and a 1% increase in trademark filings.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) published a report detailing patent application filing trends at the USPTO related to COVID-19 diagnostics technologies. On October 23, the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in recent weeks regarding the Office’s decision to retire Private PAIR and EFS-Web, the two main software systems used by patent applicants, on November 8. Numerous letters have been submitted to the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Prioritized examination, known sometimes as “Track One,” has been in place at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the past 12 years. The program, launched in September 2011 provides applicants with greater control over how quickly a patent application will be examined and offers a fast-track to an issued U.S.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2021

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going. If AI-related patent applications and grants are on the uptick, what was the problem with DABUS?

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2022

On April 13, 2022, the Federal Court of Australia, on appeal, reversed its 2021 decision that DABUS, an artificial intelligence (AI) machine, qualified as an inventor for a patent application under Australian law. Thaler has filed patent applications in several countries around the world for inventions created by DABUS.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

selected address issues such as SPC protection for combination products, double patenting, prosecution history estoppel and the influence of declarations made by the patentee in parallel proceedings, the possibility for national courts to request technical opinions from the EPO under Art. The decisions we (arbitrarily!)

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