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Conjuring Up Disclosure by Happenstance – A Little Imagination Goes A Long Way
Netflix tries to argue against disclosure by happenstance for their fixed time preview license.
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NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS and NEGATIVE LIMITATIONS
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.
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Patent Applicant Overcomes Rejection Ignoring “Configured to” Limitation
WRC’s patent application overcomes an examiner ignoring “configured to” limitations and redrafting claim elements to suit the rejection.
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Caution: Paraphrasing Claim Elements in Arguments
When you paraphrase claim elements in arguments, any perceived narrowing can open the door to the USPTO ignoring the your point.
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Drafting the Specification with Alternatives
Read about how examiners use specification language against the applicant to turn alternatives into equivalents.
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Pie Dough Invention Burned By PTAB Interpretation of “Impact Mixing”
An application on a great new way to delivery easy and ready to use dough is found unpatentable because of a broad interpretation of “impact mixing.”
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All Too Easy To Miss – BRI
Sometimes being too close to your drafting can lead to undesirable claim interpretations under BRI.
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Machine Translations in Patent Prosecution
Know to how to push back against an examiner relying on an erroneous machine translation.