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The IPKat’s 20th Birthday Conference Reports – Part 4

The IPKat

Following the other reports on The IPKat’s 20th Birthday Conference held earlier this week in London ( Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 ), here's the final report, covering the panel session. David Pearce (photo: Neil Graveney) G 3/08 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office is the best case in David Pearce’s view.

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Use of large language models in the patent industry: A risk to patent quality?

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Software for the patent industry before LLMs Various software solutions for patent search, drafting and prosecution have been available and marketed for some time. LLMs for patent drafting and prosecution Superficially, patent drafting and prosecution therefore seems to be an ideal use case for LLMs.

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EPO Decisions – The Not So Holy Grail?

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These concerns were raised in a meeting with the IPQC, and Kluwer Patent Blog subsequently highlighted the critical letter sent by Beat Weibel, the chief IP counsel of Siemens, to the EPO. – The patent system needs complete searches and substantive examination for functioning well. Things are similar in the case of SEPs too.

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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Here, if the invention is inaccessible to the public and three years have passed since the patent’s grant, they can seek a patent office according to Section 84 of the Indian Patent Act. For ordinary patent applications, the timeline from patent applications to patent grants is also high.

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Are diagnostic methods patentable?

The IPKat

The Examiner disagreed, arguing that "determining" the concentration of NGAL was not necessarily limited to a physical step of measuring, but included entirely mental steps, such a reading a report containing a value. Ever since Mayo , the US has been the outlying jurisdiction with regards to diagnostic methods.

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Micro Entity Status: Qualifying to Reduce Patent Fees

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Non-provisional patent applications, has not held a gross income 3x the prior year’s median household income (as reported by the Bureau of the Census. To better understand the patent process or take the next steps in securing your innovation, please contact us for a free consultation with a registered patent attorney.

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Patent Prior Art Search

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

This means that an invention should not be anticipated by documents, products, or publications in the country or elsewhere before the priority or filling date of the patent application, whichever is earlier. Prior art search determines the merits of patent applications. Several bacteria, such as Pseudomonas sp. and Klebsiella sp.,

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