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July 2025
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Jul 24, 2025
From Baked Goods to Egg Patties: PTAB Cracks Examiner’s Overly-Broad Interpretation
Jul 24, 2025
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Jul 15, 2025
The Limits of “Consisting Of” in Obviousness Arguments
Jul 15, 2025
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Jul 11, 2025
Burgers, Electric Guitar, and Patent Law
Jul 11, 2025
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Jul 7, 2025
Transitional Phrases, Written Description, and Obviousness Rejections
Jul 7, 2025
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May 2025
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May 28, 2025
Section 101 Trap: Improvements to the Abstract Idea Itself
May 28, 2025
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May 6, 2025
PTAB Claim Interpretations In AI Fields Might Keep You Awake At Night
May 6, 2025
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April 2025
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Apr 29, 2025
Traversing Official Notice: How Much Is Enough?
Apr 29, 2025
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Apr 23, 2025
When “Common Knowledge” Weakens a Rejection: A Critical Look at Examiner Assertions
Apr 23, 2025
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Apr 14, 2025
Navigating Claim Amendments at the USPTO When Support is Open to Attack
Apr 14, 2025
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March 2025
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Mar 24, 2025
Using Design Patents as Prior Art in Utility Applications: What Patent Prosecutors Need to Know
Mar 24, 2025
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Mar 18, 2025
Understanding the Limits of Official Notice in Patent Prosecution
Mar 18, 2025
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Mar 11, 2025
Advancing Technical Benefit Arguments in Patent Prosecution
Mar 11, 2025
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Mar 4, 2025
Managing Dependent Claims in Appeal Briefs: Avoiding the Claim Differentiation Pitfall
Mar 4, 2025
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February 2025
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Feb 25, 2025
The Uncertainty in “At Least One of A and B”: Lessons from Superguide and the PTAB
Feb 25, 2025
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Feb 21, 2025
Navigating the Interplay Between Section 112/102/103 Rejections in Patent Prosecution
Feb 21, 2025
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Feb 6, 2025
Design choice – Before and After
Feb 6, 2025
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January 2025
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Jan 27, 2025
Avoiding Scope Drift When Breaking Down Claim Elements
Jan 27, 2025
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Jan 15, 2025
Avoiding Design Choice Rejections: Patent Drafting Tips for Practitioners
Jan 15, 2025
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December 2024
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Dec 25, 2024
The melting chocolate snowman returns
Dec 25, 2024
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Dec 16, 2024
Dec 16, 2024
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Dec 16, 2024
Dependent Claims and Structural Limitations in Method Claims
Dec 16, 2024
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Dec 6, 2024
Negative Limitations in Disguise: Determining Their Scope
Dec 6, 2024
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November 2024
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Nov 18, 2024
This Bud’s For You – When prior art intermixes technical terms that the applicant considers distinct
Nov 18, 2024
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Nov 5, 2024
Navigating the Use of Color in Utility Patent Claims
Nov 5, 2024
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October 2024
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Oct 30, 2024
When Non-Prior Art References Complicate Patent Examination
Oct 30, 2024
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Oct 13, 2024
Providing Claimed Function or Intended Use
Oct 13, 2024
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September 2024
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Sep 26, 2024
Responding to Oral Restriction Requirements: Strategic Considerations for Patent Practitioners
Sep 26, 2024
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Sep 23, 2024
Motivation to improve everything compared with improper motivation for an already solved problem
Sep 23, 2024
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Sep 18, 2024
Controller claims in patent applications: variations and consequences
Sep 18, 2024
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Sep 16, 2024
Another Patent Claim Drafting Pitfall for AI Innovations
Sep 16, 2024
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Sep 9, 2024
Appeal Briefs and the Pitfall of Insufficient Explanation
Sep 9, 2024
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Sep 5, 2024
Navigating Obviousness Rejections: Prior Art at Cross-Purposes to the Invention
Sep 5, 2024
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Sep 3, 2024
Arguments Based on Claim Language
Sep 3, 2024
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August 2024
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Aug 27, 2024
Inconsistencies by the Fact Finder
Aug 27, 2024
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July 2024
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Jul 18, 2024
Disclosure of a Parameter is Not a Reason to Optimize
Jul 18, 2024
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Jul 8, 2024
Meeting the Written Description Requirement for AI Algorithms: Lessons from a Recent PTAB Decision
Jul 8, 2024
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Jul 2, 2024
Navigating Rejections Based on Rearrangement of Parts in Patent Prosecution
Jul 2, 2024
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June 2024
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Jun 20, 2024
Deconstructing an Examiner’s Obviousness Rationale
Jun 20, 2024
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Jun 18, 2024
Challenges in Protecting Accessory Inventions
Jun 18, 2024
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Jun 12, 2024
Challenging Rejections: Recognizing Improper Motivation to Combine Under 35 USC § 103
Jun 12, 2024
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Jun 3, 2024
Jun 3, 2024
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May 2024
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May 30, 2024
Mastering the USPTO Ex Parte Appeal: Balancing Strength and Strategy in Your Brief
May 30, 2024
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May 20, 2024
Obvious Innovation at the PTAB
May 20, 2024
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May 7, 2024
Parsing Claims to A Controller with “Configure to” Language
May 7, 2024
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April 2024
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Apr 22, 2024
Patent Prosecutor or Music Producer?
Apr 22, 2024
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Apr 15, 2024
Interplay between Obvious to Try and Routine Optimization
Apr 15, 2024
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March 2024
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Mar 26, 2024
Using Provisional Filing Dates Offensively – It’s Not Automatic
Mar 26, 2024
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Mar 18, 2024
Claim interplay under the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation (BRI)
Mar 18, 2024
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Mar 4, 2024
The Attraction of Simplicity in Hindsight
Mar 4, 2024
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February 2024
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Feb 26, 2024
Feb 26, 2024
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Feb 19, 2024
Are Smartphone Apps Protectable With Utility Patents?
Feb 19, 2024
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Feb 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024
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January 2024
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Jan 10, 2024
All Functional Language Is Not Necessarily Created Equal
Jan 10, 2024
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Jan 8, 2024
Improper Hindsight In Generalizing the Teachings of the Prior Art
Jan 8, 2024
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Jan 3, 2024
Obviousness – Merely Being Conventional Is Not Motivation
Jan 3, 2024
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December 2023
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Dec 18, 2023
Enhancing Processing Efficiency of the Computer Itself, or Just a Mere Tool
Dec 18, 2023
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Dec 12, 2023
Core Wireless and Example 37 Help Roche Secure a 101 Win
Dec 12, 2023
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Dec 4, 2023
Legal Precedent to Support the Prima Facia Case
Dec 4, 2023
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November 2023
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Nov 27, 2023
Coatings, Layers, and Substrates – Different Yet The Same At The PTAB
Nov 27, 2023
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Nov 15, 2023
The End of Dynamic Drinkware at the USPTO
Nov 15, 2023
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Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
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October 2023
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Oct 31, 2023
What Separates A Good Patent Application From A Great Patent Application
Oct 31, 2023
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Oct 24, 2023
Robust Software Applications and The Role of Technical Problem and Solution Disclosures
Oct 24, 2023
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Oct 16, 2023
Claim Interpretation and Implicit Definitions in the Specification
Oct 16, 2023
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Oct 10, 2023
Restrictions and Non-Compliant Responses
Oct 10, 2023
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September 2023
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Sep 11, 2023
Patent Protection for Machine Learning Models: Can Training Get It Done?
Sep 11, 2023
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Sep 5, 2023
Navigating Written Description Support: A Crucial Aspect in Patent Prosecution
Sep 5, 2023
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August 2023
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Aug 28, 2023
Unexpected Results vs. Merely Different Results
Aug 28, 2023
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Aug 21, 2023
Unpacking the Dual Impact of in re Schulhauser in Patent Prosecution
Aug 21, 2023
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Aug 16, 2023
Regardless, The Claim Limitation is Non-Limiting
Aug 16, 2023
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Aug 14, 2023
The Printed Matter Doctrine’s Unexpected Applications in Patent Prosecution
Aug 14, 2023
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Aug 2, 2023
Striking the Balance: Reasonable Interpretation of Claim Terms in Patent Law
Aug 2, 2023
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July 2023
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Jul 28, 2023
The result of a combination is not a reason to combine
Jul 28, 2023
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Jul 17, 2023
“Consisting of” in Patent Claims – it means different things in different places
Jul 17, 2023
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Jul 10, 2023
Merely a “Schematic” Figure – Ineffective 112 Support?
Jul 10, 2023
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Jul 5, 2023
Jul 5, 2023
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June 2023
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Jun 13, 2023
The Ripple Effect of Broad Claim Interpretation in US Patent Examination.
Jun 13, 2023
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Jun 5, 2023
Jun 5, 2023
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May 2023
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May 30, 2023
Product-by-Process and the Burdent on the Applicant
May 30, 2023
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May 15, 2023
A Decidedly Unpersuasive Rejection – Improper Use of Restrictions to Limit Applicants’ Amendments
May 15, 2023
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May 10, 2023
Disclosure of Optional Features is Disclosure to Eliminate Them
May 10, 2023
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April 2023
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Apr 24, 2023
Apr 24, 2023
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Apr 10, 2023
Does Every Listing of Prior Art Count as a Combination with the Invention
Apr 10, 2023
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March 2023
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Mar 31, 2023
New Evidence in PTAB Appeal Briefs
Mar 31, 2023
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Mar 20, 2023
Res Judicata in Patent Prosecution
Mar 20, 2023
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Mar 7, 2023
Inventor, attorney, and applicant – persistence is (not) futile.
Mar 7, 2023
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February 2023
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Feb 28, 2023
Expert Declarations and Verb Tense
Feb 28, 2023
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Feb 21, 2023
Feb 21, 2023
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Feb 6, 2023
Feb 6, 2023
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Feb 1, 2023
These aren’t the droids (101 experts) you’re looking for…
Feb 1, 2023
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January 2023
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Jan 24, 2023
Jan 24, 2023
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Jan 3, 2023
Quality Assurance Specialists In the Appeal Process
Jan 3, 2023
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December 2022
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Dec 27, 2022
To emphasize or not – that is the question
Dec 27, 2022
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Dec 22, 2022
Substantially is Substantially OK in Patent Claims
Dec 22, 2022
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Dec 7, 2022
Implicit Motivation to Combine
Dec 7, 2022
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November 2022
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Nov 28, 2022
Appeal Brief Rules – Who Enforces?
Nov 28, 2022
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Nov 16, 2022
Nov 16, 2022
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Nov 8, 2022
The Sneaky Printed Matter Doctrine
Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 4, 2022
The “complexities” of patent law
Nov 4, 2022
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October 2022
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Oct 25, 2022
Wacky Examiner Interpretations Can’t Just Be Dismissed
Oct 25, 2022
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Oct 11, 2022
Routine Optimization and the General Working Conditions of the Claim
Oct 11, 2022
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September 2022
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Sep 29, 2022
Sep 29, 2022
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Sep 19, 2022
Sep 19, 2022
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Sep 8, 2022
Consistency in Patent Prosecution
Sep 8, 2022
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August 2022
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Aug 23, 2022
Less Obvious Can Still Be Obvious
Aug 23, 2022
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Aug 16, 2022
Appreciating Subtle Obviousness Rejections
Aug 16, 2022
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Aug 10, 2022
Patenting Patent Examiner Data in view of Alice
Aug 10, 2022
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Aug 2, 2022
Non-Analogous Art Wins One at the PTAB
Aug 2, 2022
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July 2022
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Jul 28, 2022
Drawings as Disclosure (even if the specification does not state that they are to scale)
Jul 28, 2022
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Jul 18, 2022
Jul 18, 2022
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Jul 14, 2022
Unforseen Interpretations Can Spell Trouble During Patent Prosecution
Jul 14, 2022
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June 2022
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Jun 28, 2022
Patent prosecution arguments should not merely parrot the cited claim limitations
Jun 28, 2022
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Jun 20, 2022
The Mapping Rule in Patent Prosecution
Jun 20, 2022
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Jun 8, 2022
Competitve Intelligence through Patent Filings
Jun 8, 2022
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Jun 6, 2022
Commercial Success for Start-up Commercial Products
Jun 6, 2022
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May 2022
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May 30, 2022
How to Avoid Intended Use in Control System Inventions
May 30, 2022
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May 24, 2022
The value of a pending application
May 24, 2022
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May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022
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May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
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May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022
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May 9, 2022
So You Say You Want an Expert Patent Professional In Your Technology
May 9, 2022
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May 2, 2022
Section 101: Even Very Specific Devices Can Be Conventional
May 2, 2022
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April 2022
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Apr 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022
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Apr 20, 2022
Appeals are a great strategy (when you have a bad rejection)
Apr 20, 2022
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Apr 18, 2022
The Illusion of Quality at the USPTO
Apr 18, 2022
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March 2022
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Mar 28, 2022
Unique Issues in Ex Parte Apellate (PTAB) Briefs
Mar 28, 2022
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Mar 16, 2022
When Prior Art Discloses Extra Features
Mar 16, 2022
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Mar 7, 2022
Patent Drafting Tips for Estimation Algorithms
Mar 7, 2022
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February 2022
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Feb 28, 2022
Another Examiner’s Answer with Glaring Errors Blessed by the USPTO’s RQAS
Feb 28, 2022
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Feb 24, 2022
Cole Haan Puts a Spring Back in Your Step
Feb 24, 2022
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Feb 15, 2022
Relative Dimensions in Patent Claims
Feb 15, 2022
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Feb 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022
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Feb 3, 2022
How to Attack Impropr Double Counting in an Examiner’s Rejection
Feb 3, 2022
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January 2022
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Jan 13, 2022
Non-Analogous Art – Following the Breadcrumbs
Jan 13, 2022
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Jan 11, 2022
Conjuring Up Disclosure by Happenstance – A Little Imagination Goes A Long Way
Jan 11, 2022
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Jan 7, 2022
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS and NEGATIVE LIMITATIONS
Jan 7, 2022
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Jan 4, 2022
Patent Applicant Overcomes Rejection Ignoring “Configured to” Limitation
Jan 4, 2022
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December 2021
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Dec 29, 2021
Caution: Paraphrasing Claim Elements in Arguments
Dec 29, 2021
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Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2021
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November 2021
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Nov 30, 2021
Drafting the Specification with Alternatives
Nov 30, 2021
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Nov 23, 2021
Pie Dough Invention Burned By PTAB Interpretation of “Impact Mixing”
Nov 23, 2021
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Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021
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October 2021
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Oct 28, 2021
Oct 28, 2021
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Oct 25, 2021
Machine Translations in Patent Prosecution
Oct 25, 2021
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Oct 20, 2021
Oct 20, 2021
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Oct 13, 2021
Technical Expertise – Necessary But Not Sufficient
Oct 13, 2021
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Oct 6, 2021
The benefit of signaling diagrams in your patent application
Oct 6, 2021
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Oct 4, 2021
Fox News Broadcasting Invention and the Printed Matter Doctrine
Oct 4, 2021
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September 2021
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Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021
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Sep 20, 2021
Patent Professionals and Writer’s Block
Sep 20, 2021
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Sep 14, 2021
The Importance of Reply Briefs
Sep 14, 2021
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Sep 6, 2021
Schulhauser, the Mapping Rule, and new grounds in an Answer
Sep 6, 2021
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August 2021
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Aug 31, 2021
New Grounds at the PTAB – Be Wary of Section 101
Aug 31, 2021
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Aug 25, 2021
Semicondutor Die Singulation and a Raw Deal
Aug 25, 2021
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Aug 21, 2021
USPTO Examiners Must Give Proper Notice
Aug 21, 2021
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Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021
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Aug 2, 2021
Cheese IP and Overlapping Ranges
Aug 2, 2021
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July 2021
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Jul 21, 2021
Ice Cream and Patent Prosecution
Jul 21, 2021
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Jul 14, 2021
Multi-National Patent Application Drafting Tips
Jul 14, 2021
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Jul 8, 2021
Prior Art Failing To Show A Claimed Element vs. Showing Something Excluded By The Claim ELement
Jul 8, 2021
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June 2021
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Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
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Jun 28, 2021
Jun 28, 2021
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Jun 21, 2021
Practice Tips – Keeping Focus on the Claims
Jun 21, 2021
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Jun 17, 2021
Evolving Provisional Double Patenting Rejections
Jun 17, 2021
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Jun 10, 2021
Even PTAB Judges Are Hesitant To Argue Teaching Away
Jun 10, 2021
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Jun 7, 2021
“Configured to” and “Capable of” – Two Different Claim Scopes in the US
Jun 7, 2021
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May 2021
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May 27, 2021
Arguing the Dependent Claims on Appeal
May 27, 2021
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May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021
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May 3, 2021
Interplay Among Different Statutory Rejections
May 3, 2021
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April 2021
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Apr 27, 2021
Software Patent Drafting – Be Wary of Data Labels Providing Novelty
Apr 27, 2021
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Apr 22, 2021
Is Teaching Away the Patent Practitioner’s Golden Hammer?
Apr 22, 2021
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Apr 19, 2021
Intended Use Means Different Things in Different Contexts
Apr 19, 2021
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Apr 7, 2021
Apr 7, 2021
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Apr 6, 2021
Integrating an Algorithmic Abstract Idea into a Practical Application
Apr 6, 2021
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March 2021
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Mar 29, 2021
When an Examiner tells you exactly the wrong procedure, don’t be led astray
Mar 29, 2021
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Mar 23, 2021
Patent Drafting Short-Cuts Come Back To Haunt the Applicant
Mar 23, 2021
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Mar 16, 2021
Improper Hindsight in the Food Processing Arts
Mar 16, 2021
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Mar 8, 2021
Mar 8, 2021
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Mar 1, 2021
Pushing Back Against Improper Restrictions
Mar 1, 2021
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February 2021
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Feb 26, 2021
Feb 26, 2021
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Feb 22, 2021
Design Choice and Reminder on BRI
Feb 22, 2021
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Feb 17, 2021
Patenting Instructions and the Printed Matter Doctrine
Feb 17, 2021
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Feb 14, 2021
Broadest Reasonable (mis)Interpretation
Feb 14, 2021
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Feb 7, 2021
“Predetermined” In Patent Claims
Feb 7, 2021
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January 2021
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Jan 28, 2021
Timing of Petitions Against Restriction at the USPTO
Jan 28, 2021
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Jan 25, 2021
BRI is for interpreting claims, not the prior art
Jan 25, 2021
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Jan 21, 2021
Jan 21, 2021
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Jan 13, 2021
In electronic control systems, modes mean something
Jan 13, 2021
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Jan 7, 2021
Jan 7, 2021
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Jan 4, 2021
IDS Submissions and Admitted Prior Art
Jan 4, 2021
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December 2020
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Dec 28, 2020
Patent Professional By Day, Novelist by Night
Dec 28, 2020
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Dec 21, 2020
Patentability of Recipes and Other Quirks in Food-related Inventions
Dec 21, 2020
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Dec 14, 2020
Double Patenting Pitfalls in Tech Transfer
Dec 14, 2020
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Dec 9, 2020
Examiners Relying on Provisionals Must Properly Cite Disclosure in the Provisional
Dec 9, 2020
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Dec 4, 2020
Election of species based on Figures (UPDATED)
Dec 4, 2020
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Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020
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November 2020
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Nov 30, 2020
Obviousness with a Different Purpose
Nov 30, 2020
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Nov 23, 2020
Printed Matter Doctrine and GUI Inventions at the USPTO
Nov 23, 2020
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Nov 14, 2020
The Name of the Game is the Claim
Nov 14, 2020
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Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
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October 2020
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Oct 20, 2020
Unnecessary Printing of Ribbon Copies
Oct 20, 2020
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Oct 14, 2020
Technical Reasoning in Obviousness
Oct 14, 2020
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Oct 5, 2020
Oct 5, 2020
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September 2020
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Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
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Sep 25, 2020
PTAB Precedential and Informative Decisions
Sep 25, 2020
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Sep 18, 2020
Sep 18, 2020
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Sep 16, 2020
Exact Limitations Remain Even with “Comprising”
Sep 16, 2020
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Sep 8, 2020
Examiner Mis-Interpretations Must Be Addressed at the PTAB
Sep 8, 2020
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August 2020
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Aug 24, 2020
Aug 24, 2020
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Aug 19, 2020
Tough Examiners vs. Unreasonable Examiners
Aug 19, 2020
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Aug 13, 2020
Configured To and Other Functional Claim Terms
Aug 13, 2020
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Aug 10, 2020
Don’t leave the back door wide open – Examiner Citation of Additional Evidence
Aug 10, 2020
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July 2020
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Jul 13, 2020
The “Summary” in your PTAB Appeal Brief
Jul 13, 2020
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Jul 8, 2020
Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program
Jul 8, 2020
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June 2020
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Jun 24, 2020
Merely simple, or elegantly simple?
Jun 24, 2020
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Jun 11, 2020
Jun 11, 2020
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Jun 4, 2020
Two Claim Elements are Better than One
Jun 4, 2020
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Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020
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May 2020
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May 20, 2020
Patent Transitional Phrases in combination – open, closed, open – what controls?
May 20, 2020
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May 11, 2020
Legal Precedent as Obviousness Rationale
May 11, 2020
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May 6, 2020
PTAB LEAP – Oral Advocacy Assistance
May 6, 2020
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April 2020
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Apr 30, 2020
USPTO Extends Deadlines, Again
Apr 30, 2020
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Apr 28, 2020
Pascal’s Advice Applied In Patent Prosecution
Apr 28, 2020
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Apr 24, 2020
New USPTO Report on Alice Rejections
Apr 24, 2020
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Apr 22, 2020
iPhone Cases and Design Patents
Apr 22, 2020
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Apr 13, 2020
Apr 13, 2020
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Apr 6, 2020
Apr 6, 2020
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March 2020
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Mar 27, 2020
Mar 27, 2020
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Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
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Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020
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February 2020
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Feb 24, 2020
Feb 24, 2020
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Feb 18, 2020
Limited number of choices – More Obvious, or More Inventive?
Feb 18, 2020
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Feb 18, 2020
Legible Figures In USPTO Correspondence
Feb 18, 2020
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Feb 10, 2020
Feb 10, 2020
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January 2020
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Jan 27, 2020
Sufficiently Similar For KSR Obviousness
Jan 27, 2020
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Jan 23, 2020
Getting the right result vs. the fair administration of justice for inventors
Jan 23, 2020
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Jan 20, 2020
Jan 20, 2020
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Jan 13, 2020
Not Everyone Knows What is Typical.
Jan 13, 2020
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Jan 9, 2020
AFCP 2.0 – Take Full Advantage
Jan 9, 2020
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Jan 7, 2020
Who has Ordinary Skill in the Art?
Jan 7, 2020
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Jan 3, 2020
Analogous and Non-Analogous Art
Jan 3, 2020
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December 2019
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Dec 21, 2019
Facebook’s Abstract Holiday Stories
Dec 21, 2019
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Dec 19, 2019
Dec 19, 2019
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Dec 16, 2019
New Informative PTAB Decision on Speech Recognition Neural Network
Dec 16, 2019
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Dec 5, 2019
Interplay Between Possession and Enablement
Dec 5, 2019
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Dec 5, 2019
Obviousness is not established by addressing a problem the primary reference already solves
Dec 5, 2019
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Dec 2, 2019
Dec 2, 2019
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November 2019
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Nov 27, 2019
Section 101 at the PTAB – Slot Machines and Technical Advantages
Nov 27, 2019
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Nov 12, 2019
Hindsight and Citation to Evidence in the Record
Nov 12, 2019
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Nov 5, 2019
AI Tools – The Future of Patent Prosecution
Nov 5, 2019
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October 2019
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Oct 31, 2019
Oct 31, 2019
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Oct 25, 2019
Oct 25, 2019
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Oct 23, 2019
Oct 23, 2019
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Oct 16, 2019
New Informative PTAB decisions on Design Choice
Oct 16, 2019
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Oct 13, 2019
Oct 13, 2019
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Oct 11, 2019
Section 112(f) – Friend or Foe?
Oct 11, 2019
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Oct 8, 2019
Oct 8, 2019
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Oct 3, 2019
Patent Open Data Conference at USPTO
Oct 3, 2019
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Oct 2, 2019
More On Case Law Not In the MPEP
Oct 2, 2019
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September 2019
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Sep 30, 2019
Sep 30, 2019
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Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019
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Sep 19, 2019
Mix It Up – Tell Us One of Your Stories
Sep 19, 2019
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Sep 10, 2019
Sep 10, 2019
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Sep 3, 2019
Means Plus Function Limitations
Sep 3, 2019
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August 2019
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Aug 30, 2019
Hindsight Can Manifest Itself In the Most Unexpected Ways
Aug 30, 2019
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Aug 28, 2019
Target’s GUI to Facilitate Internet Purchases is Patent Eligible, but Obvious as Claimed.
Aug 28, 2019
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Aug 26, 2019
Aug 26, 2019
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Aug 22, 2019
Patent Examiner as Advocate, Judge, and Jury
Aug 22, 2019
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Aug 20, 2019
Patent Claims for AI Invention Must Be Properly Supported with Training Details in the Specification
Aug 20, 2019
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Aug 12, 2019
Are CIPs an admission of a failure in patent drafting?
Aug 12, 2019
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Aug 12, 2019
Yakus and the Overwhelming Power of the Administrative State
Aug 12, 2019
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July 2019
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Jul 26, 2019
Divisional of a National Phase Filing
Jul 26, 2019
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Jul 19, 2019
Staggering Cost of Restrictions
Jul 19, 2019
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Jul 16, 2019
Ex Post Facto Claim Limitations
Jul 16, 2019
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Jul 8, 2019
Yeti Warning Systems and Section 101
Jul 8, 2019
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Jul 2, 2019
PTAB designates four more decisions applying the 2019 Patent Eligibility Guidelines as informative
Jul 2, 2019
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Jul 1, 2019
Overcoming Alice Section 101 Rejections by Integrating Into a Practical Application
Jul 1, 2019
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June 2019
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Jun 24, 2019
PTAB Reverses Alice Rejection for Claims on Nonsense
Jun 24, 2019
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Jun 20, 2019
When can you amend a patent application?
Jun 20, 2019
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Jun 12, 2019
The Revised Guidelines at the PTAB – where the rubber hits the road.
Jun 12, 2019
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Jun 10, 2019
Return Mail – The Government is Not a Person
Jun 10, 2019
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Jun 6, 2019
Jun 6, 2019
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Jun 3, 2019
Patent Eligibility – The Claim is No Longer the Name of the Game
Jun 3, 2019
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May 2019
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May 31, 2019
Product-By-Process or Structure?
May 31, 2019
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May 27, 2019
How things can go off the rails in patent prosecution
May 27, 2019
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May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019
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May 19, 2019
Creating Issues Where There are None
May 19, 2019
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May 16, 2019
Prior Art Date Manipulation on the Internet
May 16, 2019
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May 13, 2019
Mastercard saves dependent claims in Section 101 PTAB Appeal
May 13, 2019
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May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019
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May 2, 2019
USPTO Section 101 Guildelines Have Teeth
May 2, 2019
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April 2019
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Apr 30, 2019
Apr 30, 2019
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Apr 25, 2019
Apr 25, 2019
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Apr 23, 2019
PTAB rejects eBay Search Navigation Patent Application
Apr 23, 2019
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Apr 18, 2019
Fire quickly or keep your powder dry?
Apr 18, 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
Adidas Wins Product Customization Section 101 Reversal at the PTAB
Apr 16, 2019
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Apr 15, 2019
Election of species based on Figures
Apr 15, 2019
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Apr 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
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Apr 8, 2019
Interplay Between Appeals and Petitions
Apr 8, 2019
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Apr 4, 2019
Substitution of One Known Element for a Known Equivalent
Apr 4, 2019
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Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019
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March 2019
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Mar 26, 2019
Why Patent Prosecutors Need to Know About Consonance
Mar 26, 2019
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Mar 21, 2019
New Informative PTAB Decision on 101
Mar 21, 2019
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Mar 19, 2019
Examiner Statistics – To Cite or Not to Cite
Mar 19, 2019
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Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019
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Mar 7, 2019
“Determining” in Patent Claims
Mar 7, 2019
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Mar 6, 2019
Mar 6, 2019
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Mar 1, 2019
Wining Petitions Against Restrictions
Mar 1, 2019
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February 2019
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Feb 28, 2019
Strategic Use of Dependent Claims
Feb 28, 2019
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Feb 26, 2019
Separate Utility Means Two Different Uses
Feb 26, 2019
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Feb 25, 2019
Conditional Limitations in a System Claim?
Feb 25, 2019
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Feb 20, 2019
Return Mail Oral Arguments and The Basics of Patent Law
Feb 20, 2019
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Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019
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Feb 14, 2019
Petitioning Improper Final Rejections
Feb 14, 2019
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Feb 11, 2019
Details in the Specification – Good or Bad?
Feb 11, 2019
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Feb 7, 2019
Move over Amazon – one-click patents are eligible under new 2019 Section 101 Guidelines
Feb 7, 2019
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Feb 5, 2019
Tropicana overcomes obviousness rejection
Feb 5, 2019
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Feb 4, 2019
Feb 4, 2019
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January 2019
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Jan 31, 2019
Turbine Blade Bond Layer – A Useful Case During Patent Prosecution
Jan 31, 2019
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Jan 28, 2019
System Diagnostics and Section 101
Jan 28, 2019
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Jan 23, 2019
Addressing the Examiner’s Rejection on Appeal
Jan 23, 2019
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Jan 21, 2019
Enablement Rejections During Prosecution
Jan 21, 2019
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Jan 18, 2019
Petitions to Re-assign Applicantion to a New Examiner
Jan 18, 2019
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Jan 16, 2019
Jan 16, 2019
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Jan 14, 2019
Jan 14, 2019
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Jan 9, 2019
Sports equipment hanger invention at the PTAB
Jan 9, 2019
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Jan 7, 2019
Jan 7, 2019
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Jan 2, 2019
Jan 2, 2019
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December 2018
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Dec 31, 2018
Another Reversal from Art Unit 3747
Dec 31, 2018
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Dec 27, 2018
Tips for Patent Prosecutors to De-fang the Bumble
Dec 27, 2018
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Dec 20, 2018
Dec 20, 2018
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Dec 17, 2018
Dec 17, 2018
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Dec 11, 2018
Inherent Disclosure, Product-by-Process, and the Shifting Burden
Dec 11, 2018
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Dec 5, 2018
More on Hyatt’s Case on Re-opening
Dec 5, 2018
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Dec 4, 2018
Update on Re-opening Prosecution
Dec 4, 2018
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Dec 3, 2018
There are more than two limited options for sprinkling ingredients onto flowable cheese mass
Dec 3, 2018
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November 2018
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Nov 28, 2018
Amicus Brief Regarding Prosecution Re-opening at the Federal Circuit
Nov 28, 2018
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Nov 26, 2018
Early Data Points Provided By Restrictions
Nov 26, 2018
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Nov 19, 2018
More on MPEP 2107.04 – Re-opening Prosecution After Appeal
Nov 19, 2018
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Nov 13, 2018
Cut the Curd – Dealing with Difficult Examination
Nov 13, 2018
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Nov 7, 2018
GSK Has Obviousness Rejection Affirmed
Nov 7, 2018
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Nov 2, 2018
Toyota has improper 101 rejections overturned by PTAB
Nov 2, 2018
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Nov 1, 2018
Nov 1, 2018
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October 2018
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Oct 29, 2018
Provisional Double Patenting on Appeal
Oct 29, 2018
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Oct 25, 2018
Oct 25, 2018
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Oct 24, 2018
Declaration Evidence Must Be Addressed During Examination
Oct 24, 2018
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Oct 22, 2018
Oct 22, 2018
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Oct 18, 2018
Furtive Glances, Cohorts, and Collusion (oh my!)
Oct 18, 2018
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Oct 16, 2018
Structure vs. Method of Making
Oct 16, 2018
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Oct 11, 2018
Getting Your House In Order Before Appeal
Oct 11, 2018
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Oct 11, 2018
USPTO Re-opening rubber stamped by Federal Circuit in Hyatt.
Oct 11, 2018
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Oct 9, 2018
Intellectual Property and the Nobel Prize
Oct 9, 2018
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Oct 9, 2018
How Re-opening Responsive to an Appeal Can Give the Applicant Leverage
Oct 9, 2018
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Oct 5, 2018
Champion’s Latest Engine Appeal in Art Unit 3747
Oct 5, 2018
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Oct 4, 2018
Detecting Document Annotation Errors = Not Abstract
Oct 4, 2018
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Oct 2, 2018
Classifiers are Merely Abstract Ideas
Oct 2, 2018
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September 2018
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Sep 28, 2018
When Examiners use Restrictions for Rejections
Sep 28, 2018
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Sep 26, 2018
When Examiners Rely on Non-analogous Art
Sep 26, 2018
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Sep 24, 2018
Sep 24, 2018
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Sep 21, 2018
Sep 21, 2018
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Sep 17, 2018
More Reversals in Art Unit 3747
Sep 17, 2018
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Sep 13, 2018
Obviousness, Hindsight, and Boilerplate
Sep 13, 2018
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Sep 11, 2018
Patenting Examiner Statistics?
Sep 11, 2018
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Sep 7, 2018
Will an Examiner accept your Preamble as limiting?
Sep 7, 2018
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Sep 5, 2018
Reasonable Expectation of Success
Sep 5, 2018
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Sep 4, 2018
Evidence-Based Declarations in Patent Prosecution
Sep 4, 2018
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August 2018
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Aug 31, 2018
When Examiners Re-open Prosecution with a Final (after Appeal)
Aug 31, 2018
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Aug 30, 2018
Aug 30, 2018
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Aug 27, 2018
Winston Churchill and Alice Rejections
Aug 27, 2018
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Aug 24, 2018
PTAB Limits Examiner’s Ability To Ignore Claimed Material Worked Upon Under MPEP 2115
Aug 24, 2018
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Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018
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Aug 20, 2018
Single Drawing Sufficient to Show Claimed Design
Aug 20, 2018
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Aug 20, 2018
Evidence-Based Claim Construction
Aug 20, 2018
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Aug 16, 2018
Aug 16, 2018
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Aug 13, 2018
Aug 13, 2018
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Aug 7, 2018
Aug 7, 2018
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Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018
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July 2018
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Jul 30, 2018
Jul 30, 2018
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Jul 26, 2018
ZUP Loses Wakeboard Patent Claims
Jul 26, 2018
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Jul 23, 2018
Illegal Restrictions, Contuinued
Jul 23, 2018
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Jul 20, 2018
Sparking an Examiner-Initiated Interview
Jul 20, 2018
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018
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Jul 16, 2018
Jul 16, 2018
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Jul 12, 2018
Yet another obviously improper rejection from Art Unit 3747
Jul 12, 2018
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Jul 11, 2018
Five New Informative Decisions Designated by the PTAB
Jul 11, 2018
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Jul 11, 2018
Overcoming Restrictions of Method of Treatment Claims
Jul 11, 2018
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June 2018
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Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018
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Jun 26, 2018
More Improper Rejections Reversed in Art Unit 3700
Jun 26, 2018
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Jun 19, 2018
Attacking References Individually
Jun 19, 2018
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Jun 14, 2018
Honda has Improper TC3700 Rejection Reversed By the PTAB
Jun 14, 2018
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Jun 11, 2018
Fuji’s Appeal Arguments on Functional Features Falls Short
Jun 11, 2018
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Jun 5, 2018
Mohawk Tribe Sovereign Immunity Oral Arguments
Jun 5, 2018
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Jun 4, 2018
Durance – Important Rules Related to Ex Parte Appeal Practice at the PTAB
Jun 4, 2018
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Jun 4, 2018
PTAB Reverses in Milwaukee’s Reciprocating Saw Appeal Based on Functional Language
Jun 4, 2018
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May 2018
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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
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May 24, 2018
Handwaving Does Not Work For Anticipation
May 24, 2018
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May 21, 2018
BRI – PTAB Confirms Unreasonable Interpretation Improper
May 21, 2018
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May 17, 2018
May 17, 2018
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May 16, 2018
Rejections based on the “Capable Of” Test
May 16, 2018
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May 14, 2018
Tips and Tricks: Filing a PPH Request in the United States
May 14, 2018
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May 8, 2018
Great IP Advice from Jimmy Buffett
May 8, 2018
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April 2018
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Apr 30, 2018
Arguing Mutual Exclusivity With Respect to Restriction Requirements
Apr 30, 2018
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Apr 26, 2018
Apr 26, 2018
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Apr 24, 2018
Gorsuch – A Patent Attorney’s Hero
Apr 24, 2018
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Apr 23, 2018
Wonderland and Smith — Not so fast PTAB
Apr 23, 2018
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Apr 18, 2018
Vanda and Patent Eligibility for Diagnostics
Apr 18, 2018
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Apr 13, 2018
Apr 13, 2018
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Apr 9, 2018
Rise Up or Roll Over – which is best when responding to restrictions?
Apr 9, 2018
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Apr 6, 2018
Important Limits from the Federal Circuit on the use of “Ordinary Creativity”
Apr 6, 2018
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Apr 3, 2018
More on Possession of Negative Claim limitations
Apr 3, 2018
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March 2018
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Mar 27, 2018
Tinder v. Bumble Follow-Up — GUI Design Patents Sure do Come in Handy
Mar 27, 2018
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Mar 22, 2018
Attacking “obvious to try” rejections
Mar 22, 2018
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Mar 21, 2018
Tinder v. Bumble — Even a Software Company Sometimes Needs to Use Its IP
Mar 21, 2018
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Mar 15, 2018
PTAB Dissents in Ex Parte Appeals
Mar 15, 2018
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Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018
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Mar 8, 2018
NXP Semiconductors handily overcomes “election by original presentation”
Mar 8, 2018
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Mar 5, 2018
Mar 5, 2018
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February 2018
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Feb 16, 2018
New Ground of Rejection in Examiner’s Answer
Feb 16, 2018
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Feb 8, 2018
Feb 8, 2018
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Feb 5, 2018
Method claim steps in a patent application are presumed not to require a specific order
Feb 5, 2018
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January 2018
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Jan 29, 2018
Life Tech. Experiences the Practical Interplay Between Written Description and Prior Art Rejections
Jan 29, 2018
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Jan 25, 2018
Ordinary and Customary Meaning Evidenced by the Cited Art
Jan 25, 2018
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Jan 23, 2018
MR. IP LAW Blog Recognized as one of the Top 100 Intellectual Property Blogs
Jan 23, 2018
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Jan 19, 2018
Is it a “technical problem” or a “business problem”? – Your Success on Appeal Might Depend On It
Jan 19, 2018
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Jan 18, 2018
Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc.: A Refreshing Affirmation of Patent Eligibility
Jan 18, 2018
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Jan 16, 2018
Jan 16, 2018
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Jan 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018
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Jan 9, 2018
Restrictions Repeated But Never Made Final
Jan 9, 2018
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Jan 4, 2018
Philips Uses Coordinated Appeal and Petition
Jan 4, 2018
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Jan 2, 2018
Keg treatment patent applicant faced with improper restrictions mixing up Unity and Intended Use
Jan 2, 2018
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December 2017
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Dec 27, 2017
Federal Circuit Extinguishes Incomplete PTAB Rejections In Future Proceedings
Dec 27, 2017
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Dec 21, 2017
Dec 21, 2017
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Dec 18, 2017
Patent Office Examiners Cannot Rely on Happenstance for Inherency
Dec 18, 2017
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Dec 5, 2017
Election by Original Presentation
Dec 5, 2017
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November 2017
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Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
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Nov 9, 2017
Winning Section 101 Reversals at the PTAB is Tough – Virtual Machine Claims Struck Down
Nov 9, 2017
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October 2017
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Oct 31, 2017
Halloween Prior Art Appeal at PTAB
Oct 31, 2017
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Oct 23, 2017
Rolls-Royce Uses Declaration Evidence To Win Patent Appeal
Oct 23, 2017
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Oct 19, 2017
FOIA Follow-Up… More on Improper Restrictions
Oct 19, 2017
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Oct 12, 2017
Oct 12, 2017
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Oct 5, 2017
Petitioning a Lack of Search Burden
Oct 5, 2017
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September 2017
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Sep 28, 2017
Sep 28, 2017
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Sep 25, 2017
Sep 25, 2017
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Sep 21, 2017
How the Sovereign Immunity Defense Could Change Tech Transfer Patent Ownership Structures
Sep 21, 2017
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Sep 15, 2017
NVIDIA Calls out USPTO for Improper Reliance on Admissions
Sep 15, 2017
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Sep 11, 2017
All Prior Art Teachings of a Reference Must Be Considered
Sep 11, 2017
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Sep 5, 2017
Statistics and Appeal Strategies
Sep 5, 2017
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Sep 1, 2017
Why the USPTO does not have to follow the Supreme Court (according to the USPTO)
Sep 1, 2017
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August 2017
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Aug 30, 2017
Aug 30, 2017
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Aug 23, 2017
Design Patents and Provisional Applications
Aug 23, 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
Aug 10, 2017
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Aug 7, 2017
Playboy Knocks Out Wireless A/V Patent
Aug 7, 2017
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July 2017
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Jul 24, 2017
Jul 24, 2017
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Jul 17, 2017
Strategies for Making an Election Responsive to a Restriction
Jul 17, 2017
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Jul 13, 2017
Conditional Limitations In Control System Claims
Jul 13, 2017
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Jul 10, 2017
Multiple Patent Drafters Can Make a Better Patent Application
Jul 10, 2017
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Jul 7, 2017
Jul 7, 2017
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June 2017
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Jun 29, 2017
Jun 29, 2017
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Jun 26, 2017
Jun 26, 2017
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Jun 22, 2017
Re-opening Prosecution with a new Final rejection after an Appeal
Jun 22, 2017
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Jun 19, 2017
Ban on Offenstive Trademarks found Unconstitutional
Jun 19, 2017
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Jun 9, 2017
Jun 9, 2017
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May 2017
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May 30, 2017
Failing to take note and respond
May 30, 2017
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May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017
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May 19, 2017
May 19, 2017
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May 15, 2017
AIPLA Legislative Fix to Section 101
May 15, 2017
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May 12, 2017
May 12, 2017
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May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
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April 2017
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Apr 29, 2017
Apr 29, 2017
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Apr 21, 2017
Apr 21, 2017
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Apr 10, 2017
Regulatory Reform at the Patent Office
Apr 10, 2017
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February 2017
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Feb 19, 2017
Supreme Court Litigant Speaks to Oregon Bar
Feb 19, 2017
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January 2017
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Jan 16, 2017
Jan 16, 2017
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December 2016
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Dec 24, 2016
Unreasonably Broad Interpretations
Dec 24, 2016
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Dec 13, 2016
Why A Patent Application Describes More Than Just The Invention
Dec 13, 2016
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November 2016
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Nov 21, 2016
Swearing Behind with A Draft Patent Application
Nov 21, 2016
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Nov 10, 2016
Negative Claim Limitations Being Ignored
Nov 10, 2016
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Nov 4, 2016
Automotive Component Trade Show Seizures
Nov 4, 2016
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Nov 2, 2016
Overcoming Alice with Technical Solutions
Nov 2, 2016
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October 2016
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Oct 28, 2016
Narrowing Amendments Invoking New Alice Rejection
Oct 28, 2016
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Oct 18, 2016
Oct 18, 2016
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Oct 14, 2016
Oct 14, 2016
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Oct 1, 2016
Oct 1, 2016
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September 2016
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Sep 13, 2016
Sep 13, 2016
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Sep 5, 2016
Arguing Obviousness – Road De-icing Example
Sep 5, 2016
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Sep 2, 2016
Sep 2, 2016
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August 2016
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Aug 30, 2016
Apple, Taxes, and Intellectual Property
Aug 30, 2016
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Aug 15, 2016
Aug 15, 2016
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Aug 11, 2016
Aug 11, 2016
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Aug 8, 2016
Aug 8, 2016
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Aug 1, 2016
BMW Wins Reversal of Automatic Braking Claim Rejection
Aug 1, 2016
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Aug 1, 2016
Medical Infomatics Claim Construction
Aug 1, 2016
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July 2016
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Jul 26, 2016
Jul 26, 2016
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Jul 19, 2016
Patents and The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Jul 19, 2016
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Jul 13, 2016
Jul 13, 2016
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Jul 12, 2016
Design Patent Obviousness in Heavy Industry
Jul 12, 2016
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Jul 10, 2016
PTAB Takes Down MIT’s Quantum Dot Claims
Jul 10, 2016
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Jul 5, 2016
USPTO’s Fallacious BRI Reasoning
Jul 5, 2016
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June 2016
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Jun 28, 2016
Jun 28, 2016
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Jun 19, 2016
Difficulties in Claiming Indicia
Jun 19, 2016
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Jun 8, 2016
PTAB Finds Gas Turbine Engine Claims With “about” Indefinite
Jun 8, 2016
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May 2016
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May 27, 2016
Inherent Advantages are Not New Matter
May 27, 2016
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May 21, 2016
PTAB Reverses Rejection of Connected Car Invention
May 21, 2016
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May 18, 2016
Automotive Storage Design Avoids Infringement of Negative Claim Limitation
May 18, 2016
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May 16, 2016
Unintended Consequences of the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation (BRI) Standard
May 16, 2016
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May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016
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May 9, 2016
More New Guidlines on Section 101 Eligibility from the USPTO
May 9, 2016
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April 2016
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Apr 27, 2016
Hair Cutting and Engineering Design
Apr 27, 2016
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Apr 20, 2016
Petitioning Incomplete Rejections
Apr 20, 2016
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Apr 15, 2016
PTAB Oral Proceedings at Satellite Offices
Apr 15, 2016
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March 2016
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Mar 25, 2016
Mar 25, 2016
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Mar 23, 2016
Mar 23, 2016
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Mar 9, 2016
Mar 9, 2016
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February 2016
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Feb 29, 2016
Feb 29, 2016
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Feb 29, 2016
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation
Feb 29, 2016
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Feb 22, 2016
The Problem/Solution Approach to Alice
Feb 22, 2016
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Feb 15, 2016
What Constitutes a Prima Facia Case Under Alice
Feb 15, 2016
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Feb 10, 2016
Federal Circuit Giving Away the Farm
Feb 10, 2016
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Feb 3, 2016
Feb 3, 2016
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January 2016
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Jan 25, 2016
Jan 25, 2016
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Jan 17, 2016
Teaching Away, Inoperable Combinations, and Result-Effective Variables
Jan 17, 2016
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Jan 13, 2016
Babe Ruth’s Contract Kills On-line Bidding Patent
Jan 13, 2016
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Jan 6, 2016
Jan 6, 2016
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Jan 5, 2016
Procedures After the Examiner is Reversed by the Board
Jan 5, 2016
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December 2015
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Dec 24, 2015
Subject Matter Conflicts of Interest
Dec 24, 2015
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Dec 1, 2015
Patent Protection for Product Lines
Dec 1, 2015
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November 2015
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Nov 24, 2015
More on Negative Claim Limitations from the CAFC
Nov 24, 2015
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Nov 17, 2015
Selecting the Right Group to Maximize Chances for Overturning a Restriction
Nov 17, 2015
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Nov 9, 2015
More Data on Result of Filing an Appeal Brief
Nov 9, 2015
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Nov 2, 2015
Anticipating Negative Claim Limitations
Nov 2, 2015
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October 2015
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Oct 26, 2015
Powerful Declarations (by the inventors of the prior art)
Oct 26, 2015
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Oct 21, 2015
Indefinite Indefiniteness Rejections
Oct 21, 2015
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Oct 15, 2015
Results of Filing an Appeal Brief
Oct 15, 2015
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Oct 6, 2015
Re-opening Prosecution Responsive to an Appeal Brief
Oct 6, 2015
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Oct 3, 2015
The other Section 101 Rejection
Oct 3, 2015
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September 2015
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Sep 29, 2015
When Teaching Away Does NOT Help Patentability
Sep 29, 2015
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Sep 24, 2015
Restrictions that are rejections in disguise
Sep 24, 2015
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Sep 18, 2015
Expedited Appeals for Small Businesses
Sep 18, 2015
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Sep 18, 2015
Sep 18, 2015
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Sep 14, 2015
Sep 14, 2015
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Sep 10, 2015
Dynamic Drinkware – A Unique American Rule
Sep 10, 2015
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Sep 8, 2015
Sep 8, 2015
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015
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August 2015
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Aug 31, 2015
FOIA Request to obtain Decisions on Petitions Against Restrictions
Aug 31, 2015
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Aug 25, 2015
Double Patenting – Danger for Start-ups
Aug 25, 2015
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Aug 21, 2015
Aug 21, 2015
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Aug 19, 2015
More on the USPTO and FOIA Exemption 7(A)
Aug 19, 2015
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Aug 19, 2015
FOIA Requests and Exemption 7(A) at the USPTO
Aug 19, 2015
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Aug 13, 2015
Impact of Restriction Requirements
Aug 13, 2015
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Aug 6, 2015
More on FOIA requests at the USPTO
Aug 6, 2015
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Aug 5, 2015
Aug 5, 2015
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Aug 4, 2015
Aug 4, 2015
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July 2015
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Jul 31, 2015
New USPTO Eligibility Guidelines (July 2015)
Jul 31, 2015
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Jul 30, 2015
The National Inventor Hall of Fame and Alice
Jul 30, 2015
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Jul 28, 2015
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests at the USPTO
Jul 28, 2015
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