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Challenging the Validity of a Patent: The Supreme Court Minerva Decision

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Hologic, Incorporated that the doctrine of assignor estoppel (a rule that prevents people who assign their patents to a company from then challenging the validity of their patent) is alive and well, but subject to certain important exceptions. The Validity of a Patent. Implications for Inventors and Businesses.

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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

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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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Fish & Richardson Attorneys Named Recipients of the 2020 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate

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Fish & Richardson is proud to announce that six of its attorneys were named recipients of the Pro Bono Achievement Certificate by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This recognition acknowledges those law firms and attorneys who help make the Patent Pro Bono Program a success. Jacqueline Tio – Georgia PATENTS.

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Human vs AI Analysis of USPTO Updates – How Does Bard Fare?

IP Tech Blog

To evaluate the capabilities of Generative AI, we selected the USPTO’s recent announcement about grants of digital patents as a topic, and compared a blog that we prepared and a blog that Generative AI (here, Google Bard) prepared. A sample of this new eGrant patent is available here. 35 U.S.C. §

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Human vs AI Analysis of USPTO Updates – How Does Bard Fare?

LexBlog IP

To evaluate the capabilities of Generative AI, we selected the USPTO’s recent announcement about grants of digital patents as a topic, and compared a blog that we prepared and a blog that Generative AI (here, Google Bard) prepared. A sample of this new eGrant patent is available here. ’’ 35 U.S.C. § § 120.

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What to Know About the USPTO’s Duty of Candor Guidance Regarding FDA Submissions

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Information and statements” may include, among other items, information that “refutes, or is inconsistent with, a position that the applicant takes in” either “opposing an argument of unpatentability relied on by the Office” or “asserting an argument of patentability.”. the party has a duty to submit the information to the USPTO.”.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research

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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;}}. important;}}.