In Vanda, the Federal Circuit lays out a path for patenting diagnostics inventions post Mayo.

The new USPTO Director delivers a powerful speech indicating a new direction for the US Patent Office.

We review a case illustrating a great way to win a petition against a restriction by using the Office’s own actions to prove there is no search burden.

Don’t let USPTO examiners get away with a fast one by relying on ordinary creativity in a way that conflicts with recent Federal Circuit case law.

A recent Board decision for a Cabela’s invention shows how much support is really needed to add “negative” claim limitations that are not word-for-word from the specification.

In Tinder’s suit against Bumble, the power of design patents in the software industry is on full display.  

Attacking obvious to try rejections that use the inventor’s own recognition of how to break things down.

Tinder sues Bumble, including using one of its recently issued Utility Patents.

Dissents are rare in Ex Parte appeals at the PTAB. A recent Section 101 appeal illustrates that sometimes even a PTAB judge thinks the PTAB goes too far in affirming Section 101 rejections.

The USPTO gears up for U.S. 10,000,000.