Functional claim language must be considered, even under anticipation.

Appeal statistics from TC3700 show a technology center that forces applicants to appeal improper rejections over 50% of the time.

The PTAB confirms that it is improper for the Examiner to lump distinct components together and redefine them as one of the components.

Review an example PTAB decision illustrating how recent case law is having a major impact on whether rejections relying on broad, but unreasonable, interpretations will be reversed.

The PTAB shows that the notice requirement of Section 132 does have teeth. Read about a particularly egregious rejection from art unit 3747.

Do not let examiners slip a rejection by you based on the idea that the prior art is capable of performing claimed actions of a method.

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.