PPH requests are a great way to move your case to allowance in the US. Learn some tips to make the process even smoother.

Don’t wait until it is too late to secure your trademark rights.

Learn about mutual exclusivity and the variable definitions applied by the USPTO in restriction practice.

Following up on our previous post discussing Vanda, some interesting issues on conditional language are considered.

Oil States – Gorsuch, joined by the Chief Justice, writes a strong dissent that calls the majority’s reasoning into serious questions. Law students will likely be studying this one for years to come.

The Federal Circuit gives more guidance to help reign in the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation.

In Vanda, the Federal Circuit lays out a path for patenting diagnostics inventions post Mayo.

The new USPTO Director delivers a powerful speech indicating a new direction for the US Patent Office.

We review a case illustrating a great way to win a petition against a restriction by using the Office’s own actions to prove there is no search burden.

Don’t let USPTO examiners get away with a fast one by relying on ordinary creativity in a way that conflicts with recent Federal Circuit case law.