SpicyIP

JULY 28, 2022

We’re pleased to bring to our readers a 2 part post by Amit Tailor on the recent case Nippon A&L vs The Controller of Patents, which looked into questions of how and to what extent a claim in a patent application can be amended under the Patents Act. vs. THE CONTROLLER OF PATENTS [ C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT)

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We invite you to participate in the tryouts for the annual Patent Application Drafting Competition (PADC)! 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. Team patent applications will be due on January 16, 2022.

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Intepat

MARCH 16, 2021

Under the WIPO-INDIA Cooperation agreement, Indian Patent Office (IPO) started the WIPO Digital Access Services (DAS) with effect from 31st January, 2018 for priority documents submitted by the applicants from participating Patent offices. ies of priority documents. Documents exchanged through secure channels.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Do you need a design or utility patent application? If the appearance (how it looks) is what matters, then a design patent application may be the right type of patent application. If the unique features of your concept are functional or structural, then consider filing a utility patent application.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This is a reminder that submissions to try out for the annual National Patent Application Drafting Competition (PDC) team are due on Friday, October 22 at 3pm ! The winner of each regional round will compete in the National Finals held at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. .

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What is a Notice of Allowance in a patent application? A Notice of Allowance (NOA) is a USPTO document indicating that a patent application has been allowed. The approval of your patent application is basically the finish line of your journey and presumably the goal of every applicant.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

In each of these jurisdictions, the question was whether the relevant patent laws may be interpreted as permitting an AI system (i.e. a machine/device) to be named as the inventor in a patent application. This leads back to how South Africa’s patent laws intends inventors to be named in the filing of patent applications.

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Crafting a patent application is a key step in helping to ensure that your business is safe from outside competition. In this post, we’ll take a deep dive into what goes into drafting a patent application and how to make the most of your efforts while doing so. What can and cannot be patented. Let’s get started!

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 30, 2021

What kinds of comments are useful in revising a draft patent application? So your patent attorney has send you a first draft of your utility patent application for your review. You’re not sure what to do, so you read my helpful tips on how to review a draft patent application.

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Patently-O

JULY 18, 2022

2022) should cause patent attorneys to pause once again as they draft patent applications and consider any characterizations of the technology as “conventional”; “well known”; or even “known in the art.” ‘607 Patent, Col 5, line 55. Natera, Inc. , — 4th — (Fed.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have an obligation to disclose if artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the innovation process. the Office is aware of and evaluates the teachings of all information material to patentability.”

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

What makes for a good utility patent application? Is a good patent application one that avoids rejections ? What if I were to tell you that a utility nonprovisional patent application that gets allowed easily might not always be a good thing? Need to file a patent application? Of course not.

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Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

Although documents are widely available today via our vast network of digital communications, there is also increasing junk in the system — documents making unsubstantiated claims that are effectively science fiction. ” Lidiya Mishchenko , Thank You for Not Publishing (Unexamined Patent Applications) , 47 B.Y.U. .”

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Under PPH, prosecution of a patent application previously filed with a participating patent office can be fast-tracked in another participating patent office if the patent application meets certain requirements. In contrast, an average time to prosecute non-PPH patent applications is approximately 22.7

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

When the required documents are not in English, the applicant is required to file verified English language translations, or the OEE Dossier Access System is to provide acceptable machine translations. Documents listed in (1) through (4) need to be in English or French. Documents submitted must be in either Korean or English.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 13, 2023

On December 8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a draft guidance document regarding the government’s exercise of “march-in” rights under the Bayh-Dole Act. The Bayh-Dole march-in rights apply solely to patents and patent applications supported with federal funding, and not to products themselves.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2023

Patent and Trademark (USPTO) published a pair of documents in the Federal Register regarding due dates on new document formatting requirements for patent applications filed with the Office. Today, the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based prototype search system for use by examiners during examination of patent applications. By: Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Attribution: How Authorship Credit Contributes to the Gender Gap , allocation of credit on public-facing legal documents is not equitable. When the senior-most legal team member signs documents on behalf of their legal team, they are erasing the names of associates from the record. As detailed in my study, Ms.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Its applications in the fields of natural language processing and text analysis have been well documented and have aroused great interest. Recently, the technology has even been used in the realm of intellectual property, with some having used it to draft patent applications.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 3, 2022

USPTO Proposes Electronic Issuance of Patents - In a notice of proposed rulemaking published last month in the Federal Register (86 Fed. Patent and Trademark Office is proposing to issue patents electronically through its patent document viewing systems (i.e., 71209), the U.S.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 28, 2022

Patent applicants must submit known prior art to the USPTO to assist in examination. The growth is driven by a small subset of applicants submitting a large number of documents. The average number of references has grown tremendously, but not the median. pic.twitter.com/nXQlUvU1LN.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

In response, the PTAB issued an Order authorizing additional questioning on the lab testing and ordering Patent Owner to serve any relevant inconsistent information. Patent Owner ultimately served additional documents relating to its testing, but maintained that “the testing conducted on its behalf … is privileged as attorney work product.”

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has accepted the possibility of submitting new evidence of the inventive step of a patent application or patent that has been granted during the grant and opposition procedures.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2024

Background The appellant (Microsoft) filed a patent application on 27 February 2012 for an invention titled “Message Communication of Sensor and other Data.” ” The invention aimed to simplify the communication of sensor data to applications by converting raw sensor data into lightweight messages.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

In the meantime, here's the update from the UK IPO: Today, the IPO has published a transformation document which sets out what patents customers can expect over the next 12 months, and details of upcoming changes to IPO’s services as part of the One IPO Transformation Programme.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This position receives disclosures and other patent documents, enters disclosure information into databases and performs federal reporting. Additionally, the position manages communications with outside patent counsel for assignments, small entity forms, declarations, retention letters, and billing.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Though compulsory licensing payments are uncertain at best right now, owners of Russian patents from the affected countries are advised to document commercial activity that would normally be entitled to compensation. This may allow prosecution of pending Russian patent applications or enforcement of granted patents by this agent.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 10, 2021

March 16, 2013 marked a watershed date in the practice of patent law as the effective date of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). Not surprisingly, there were a number of patent applications filed that bridged the March 16, 2013 AIA effective date.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Can you file a single patent application for all countries? Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a single patent to cover all countries? Is there such a thing as a worldwide utility patent? What a PCT does not give you, however, is a granted international utility patent. Not exactly.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 11, 2023

Although it does not have the force of rule or law, the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (“M.P.E.P.”) ”) is the guiding document for patent examiners. As such, it is a fundamental tool for patent prosecutors trying to guide patent applications through the prosecution process to issuance.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

” In the context of patent applications, the notice provides specific examples of how the duty of disclosure may be implicated when using AI tools. The USPTO’s guidance document raises a different concern – that the agency will be bombarded with too many references for an examiner to individually review.

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Patently-O

MARCH 15, 2023

Associates around the country today are drafting motions, patent applications, and other documents using some version of ChatGPT. Of course, If I were a judge or examiner, I might also be interested in using AI to help facilitate my decision-making.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have an obligation to disclose if artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the innovation process. the Office is aware of and evaluates the teachings of all information material to patentability.”

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

To continue to access documents and statuses on publicly available patents and patent applications, use the USPTO’s Patent Center. A link to the Patent Center can be found here. On July 31, 2022, the USPTO is retiring Public PAIR. Read more.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 16, 2023

This significant change, announced in the Federal Register on February 28, 2023, is expected to streamline the overall patent issuing process, reduce processing times, and decrease costs for both the USPTO and patent applicants.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In the realm of patents, the most common and important task is drafting patent applications, prosecution, specifications, and claims. One of the concerns involving their use in preparing patent applications is the accuracy and completeness of the generated invention descriptions.

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