It is important to not only understand the technical advantages and improvements offered by an invention, but also to consider how claim terms may be interpreted (overly) broadly by the USPTO. Extra description at various levels of abstraction can create amendment opportunities that can help when unexpected interpretations and/or prior art are applied by the…

The many benefits of signaling diagrams in your patent application.

Fox News confronts the Printed Matter Doctrine

If there is a chance your priority US application is heading to the EPO, it is good practice to consider the crazy idea of using multiple dependent claims in (the detailed description ) of your US application.

Patent Professionals have to deal with writer’s block just like any other professional writer. Read some tips specific to patent drafting!

A Reply Brief can be an important tool where the examiner presents new (or “clarified”) explanations in the Answer. Failure to respond to those new arguments can spell trouble..

Airbnb confronts Schulhauser at the PTAB.

Look out for new Section 101 rejection even after you have won a reversal.

An applicant gets a raw deal when the PTAB judges overlook examiner error as “harmless”.

When an examiner groups claim elements together and cites to hundreds of paragraphs without more specificity, they likely fail to give the applicant proper notice, and thus fail to establish a prima facia case of unpatentability.