Cole Haan fights hard on a patent application for a pre-loaded spring feature and overcomes inherency arguments by the USPTO.

Learn how to avoid and overcome rejections based on the idea that the only difference from the prior art is a relative dimension.

Patent quality assurance specialists – who is reviewing the reviewers?

An examiner cannot generally get away with citing the same teaching in the prior art for two separate claim elements of the same claim. See an example from Honda in this post.

See an example of how PTAB judges think through the analogous art test.

Netflix tries to argue against disclosure by happenstance for their fixed time preview license.

A recent Federal Circuit case on negative limitations provides some ammunition for applicants having trouble with written description rejections at the USPTO, especially when citing MPEP § 2173.05.

WRC’s patent application overcomes an examiner ignoring “configured to” limitations and redrafting claim elements to suit the rejection.

When you paraphrase claim elements in arguments, any perceived narrowing can open the door to the USPTO ignoring the your point.

The USPTO proposes electronic issuance of patents.