Sometimes applicants are right on the substance but miss the actual reasoning of the rejection and give the PTAB an easy affirmance.

We touch on some of the common issues in enablement rejections, and how to attack insufficient rejections, particularly with regard to the Wands factors.

As we have discussed previously, some cases can be very difficult to prosecute because of the assigned examiner. Today, patent practitioners can have a good window into the situation well in advance through the use of examiner statistics, but those do nothing to change the situation in and of themselves. So what about getting the…

A splatter guard that is allegedly “obvious to try” does not seem so obvious when one breaks down the examiner’s improper logic.

Examiner interviews are not just all about the interview.

The inventor of a drying hanger for sports equipment proves the rejection is “all wet.”

Read more about design choice rejections and how to overcome them.

A recent PTAB decision might give your image processing invention a boost to get over an Alice Section 101 rejection.

Learn some prosecution lessons from this straightforward case involving prior art that fails to show a claimed limitation.

The Holiday Season brings a special time of the year where we can take a breath and reflect on the past. Some things that help take us back are re-airings of old TV shows we watched growing up. My favorite holiday TV show was always the classic stop animation “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” How could…