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Legal Lessons from Holiday Lights: Clarity in Patent Drafting

LexBlog IP

7,784,961 Before sledding into the patent’s technicalities, the inventor of this Christmas cheer utilized a lesser-known path under U.S. patent law. 122(b)(2)(B)(i), the patent application was kept under wraps, avoiding publication until patent issuance. Under 35 U.S.C.

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REMINDER: Tryouts for the USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition Team – DEADLINE TOMORROW

IPilogue

Students interested in trying out for Osgoode’s PADC team must submit answers to our patent drafting skills exercise in a Word document with your name in the file name to iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca. About the Patent Drafting Competition. We look forward to another great year at the Patent Drafting Competition!

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CALL FOR TRYOUTS – USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition

IPilogue

Students interested in trying out for Osgoode’s PADC team must submit answers to our patent drafting skills exercise by 3 pm on Friday, October 22, 2021. About the Patent Drafting Competition. We look forward to another great year at the Patent Drafting Competition!

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Online Course for Patent Agent Exam Preparation [February 5]

SpicyIP

Apart from this, I will separately send out a drafting template for specification, and a complete patent prosecution file to the registrants on their email address. I have also recently published a book on Patent Law and Practice that is useful for exam takers. may be addressed to eoffice@techlaw.in.

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CALL FOR TRYOUTS – USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition

IPilogue

Students interested in trying out for Osgoode’s PADC team must submit answers to our patent drafting skills exercise by 3 pm on Friday, September 23, 2022. About the National Patent Application Drafting Competition. Each member of the team will receive up to 3 credits for participating in the competition.

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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Product patent- This law is important for providing safeguards to products. For modern and synthetic biological drugs, chemical compounds, genetically modified proteins, and gene sequences are protected under product patent law. This patent is important in the pharmaceutical industry and in the food and dairy sectors.

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How long does it take to get a patent in 2021? And what about COVID-19?

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

On the other hand, if the USPTO does not issue a Notice of Allowance, (5) other strategies may be sought in the pursuit of a patent. Overall, the amount of time it takes to acquire a patent varies based on the field of technology and on the type of application, which may be a provisional, design, utility, or plant application.