Minimizing re-opening of prosecution after an at least partially successful PTAB decision.

Federal Circuit rubber stamps re-opening of prosecution in Hyatt.

The Nobel Prize in Economics Confirms the Criticality of Protecting Innovation

Re-opening prosecution can sometimes provide the applicant with leverage if it is set up right from the start.

“Mounted” versus “connected” seems to make a difference in claim scope under the BRI.

The PTAB confirms patentability under Section 101 of document segmentation for annotation error identification.

“The US doesn’t really need people to study computer science” – that is what the the USPTO is saying every day.

Restrictions used as a basis for downstream rejections.

Learn how to set up arguments to disqualify prior art as non-analogous to overcome obviousness rejections.

A tongue-in-cheek analysis of an epoch-making invention.