Combating obviousness rejections that oversimplify the universe of available options.

Read the brief here!

Turn restriction lemons into lemonade and use the sneak peak at the assigned examiner to start making adjustments.

Learn how to take advantage of the examiner’s refusal to enter amendments after final but before appeal.

An improved method of cutting cheese curd overcomes examiner shenanigans at the PTAB.

Who has the burden to establish negative limitations – Applicant or Examiner?

Some more improper rejections from Art unit 3747.

Every patent prosecutor knows, or should know, that restriction requirements are petitionable, but not appealable to the PTAB. However, there is at least one exception to this general rule, and the USPTO’s updated MPEP calls it out with a new section. Specifically, with regard to Markush claims, the Examiner is not allowed to placed a…

Provisional double patenting rejections at the PTAB often result with a “punt”.

Proper framing of the argument as to why a reference fails to show a claimed feature.