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What is patent prosecution?

Patent Trademark Blog

What does patent prosecution mean? Patent prosecution refers to the writing, filing and handling of patent applications. It encompasses the patent examination process from initial filing to the grant, including all the back-and-forth responses with the USPTO. Who can be patent prosecutors? paying the issue fee.

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How to Patent a Medical Device

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What is a smarter way to patent a medical device? Medical device patents can make a direct impact on sales as well as create licensing opportunities. Even pending patent applications may help startups raise capital. Let’s look at some smart ways to patent a medical device. Need to patent a medical device?

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How Many Patents By Patent Attorney: How to Search

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How to Use Patent Public Search (PPUBS). Wouldn’t it be great if you can find how many patents have been obtained by a patent attorney or agent? Using the new tool by the USPTO called Patent Public Search (PPUBS), you can search for patent grants by practitioner name. WITH (last name).att.

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Is there a single patent that covers all countries?

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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? Notice I said “patent-pending” and not patented. Can you obtain a worldwide utility patent?

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It’s a Product Patent… It’s a Process Patent… It’s Product-by-Process Patent!

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Image from here In a significant development, the Delhi High Court on July 24, 2023 passed a detailed order on ‘product-by-process’ patent claims in Vifor International Ltd. and the fourth one was filed by Virchow Biotech against Vifor), and refused to grant an interim injunction to Vifor International Ltd and Emcure Pharma Ltd.

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Orange Book & Inaccurate Patents: US Federal Trade Commission in Action

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Image from here [ This post is co-authored by SpicyIP Intern Pranav Aggarwal and Swaraj Paul Barooah. On 7 th November 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“ FTC ”) issued a press release announcing its challenge to more than 100 patents listed in the ‘Orange Book’. Pranav is a second-year student pursuing B.A.LL.B.(Hons)

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Celanese v. ITC – Exploring the Crossroads of Trade Secrets and Patent Rights Post AIA

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2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights. The Core Issue at Hand This case centers around the America Invents Act (AIA) and whether a product’s prior sale by the patent applicant can disqualify the patenting of the method used to produce said product. v ITC, 22-1827 (Fed. Plot twist!