Some tips if you are prosecuting treatment methods and encounter restriction roadblocks.

This case illustrates not only how methods with mental steps can survive an Alice rejection at the PTAB, but also an overall strategy for handling cases landing on the desk of an examiner determined to make life difficult for the applicant.

The PTAB confirms that it is improper to reject distinct claim limitations of a claimed method with the same single element in the cited reference.

It is easy to contravene the prohibition against individually attacking references used in an obviousness combination. This post dissects the issues and proposes a few ways to reduce the ability of the USPTO to simply dismiss your arguments.

Honda is forced to appeal a rejection that fails to pass the red face test.

Be careful when arguing functional language on appeal if the prior art’s structure matches your own.

Oral Arguments in the Mohawk IPR Case.

An important case that provides several practice tips in ex parte appeals before the USPTO PTAB.

Functional claim language must be considered, even under anticipation.

Appeal statistics from TC3700 show a technology center that forces applicants to appeal improper rejections over 50% of the time.