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Cellect or Reject? SCOTUS Asked to Consider Fate of ODP Doctrine

Patently-O

May 20, 2024), Cellect argues that the Federal Circuit erred in upholding the PTAB’s (PTAB) invalidation of Cellect’s four patents based on the judicially-created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting (ODP). As a result, the patents had staggered expiration dates. Meanwhile, Dir. Cellect Cert.

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Proving Printed Publications

Patently-O

Folks continue to file anonymous ex parte reexaminations. Design Patent No. The reexamination examiner agreed with the challenge and issued a final rejection that the claimed design was anticipated by four different prior art references. Ex parte Zhang , Reexam No. 90/014,234, 2021 WL 633718 (PTAB).

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A Request for Grace Period for a Novelty Art Should Be Submitted Within Two Months When the Patentee Knew or Should Have Known About the Novelty Art After the Patent Application Was Filed

LexBlog IP

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. within six months before the priority date of the ’987 patent), and all the inventors of the ’987 patent are also authors of the article.

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The PREVAIL Act – Does it Unfairly Hinder Patent Challengers’ Possibility of Prevailing at the PTAB?

LexBlog IP

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The PREVAIL Act serves as a supplement to the proposed STRONGER Patents Act, introduced in 2019. Improve PTAB rules to protect inventors from costly, unnecessary litigation. Improve PTAB rules to protect inventors from costly, unnecessary litigation.

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Patent Office Appeals: When You Have To Fight For Your Idea

Larson & Larson

It can make you want to tear your hair out if your patent gets rejected, but that won’t help you achieve your dreams. Another step is asking for an interview with the patent examiner to get an explanation. . Some common reasons for rejection include obviousness, lack of novelty, and a lack of patentability.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research

LexBlog IP

However, if the Contractor fails to report any inventions to the contracting officer within two months of preparing the corresponding patent applications, the Contractor risks losing ownership of those inventions. The nations in which the Contractor seeks to file the patent application. important;}}.

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Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up – August 2021

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

In the August 2021 edition of our monthly Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up, we cover a case concerning the doctrine of prosecution laches. 2021), the Personalized Media court held that the asserted patent U.S. 8,191,091 (the “’091 Patent”) is unenforceable under the doctrine of prosecution laches. Patent Nos.