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[Video] 5 Key Takeaways | Best Practices in Patent Drafting: Addressing 112 and Enablement after Amgen

JD Supra Law

On December 8, Partner Nena Bains and Counsel Yifan Mao presented “Best Practices in Patent Drafting: Addressing 112 and Enablement After Amgen” at the 24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute organized by Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and Stanford Law School.

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Legal Lessons from Holiday Lights: Clarity in Patent Drafting

LexBlog IP

As such, patent practitioners should avoid terms such as “large,” “optimized,” “similar,” and “user-friendly.” § 112, and will also lead to problems during litigation. ” The use of these terms will likely lead to a rejection under 35 U.S.C. §

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

Patently-O

New Job Postings on Patently-O: Neustel Law Offices, LTD. Harrity & Harrity, LLP – Patent Drafting Professionals and/or Agents. Klarquist Sparkman, LLP – Litigation/IPR Associate. Dority & Manning – Chemical Technologies Patent Attorney or Agent. Shook Hardy & Bacon – Patent Prosecution Attorney.

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Adding matter by cherry-picking from separate embodiments: Philip Morris v BAT ([2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat))

The IPKat

As summarised by the the judge in the present case, in the UK it is necessary for the court to compare the explicit and implicit disclosure of the application as filed and the granted patent, and decide whether matter is "clearly and unambiguously disclosed in the application as filed" ( Conversant Wireless Licensing Sarl v Huawei Technologies Co.,

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EPO Decisions – The Not So Holy Grail?

SpicyIP

Image from here Issues related to patent quality are pressing and worrying, even a standard measure of monitoring patent quality has been difficult. Of late, even in the EU, there has been an increased focus on the quality of patents in response to the rise of business models centered around patent litigation.

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White House Directs Copyright Office and USPTO to Provide Guidance on AI-Related Issues

LexBlog IP

Commercial Use: AI technologies are widely used for content generation, such as automated news articles or product descriptions. Inventors should also evaluate existing patent drafting processes and envisage how the integration of AI, in light of forthcoming USPTO guidelines, could augment efficiency and compliance.

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White House Directs Copyright Office and USPTO to Provide Guidance on AI-Related Issues

LexBlog IP

Commercial Use: AI technologies are widely used for content generation, such as automated news articles or product descriptions. Inventors should also evaluate existing patent drafting processes and envisage how the integration of AI, in light of forthcoming USPTO guidelines, could augment efficiency and compliance.