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Patent Office Issues New Guidance on the Law of Obviousness

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published new guidance explaining the requirements for patent examiners to reject patent claims ...

2158-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 - USPTO

... need for any difference in approach to the question of obviousness. As pointed out by the Federal Circuit, “[t]he term 'claims' has been used in patent ...

More than “Just the Facts”: Exploiting Legal Arguments to Your ...

Arguing for or against obviousness often necessitates speculation on the motivation or lack of motivation of prior art inventions. As a result, an examiner can ...

New Obviousness Standards for Design Patent Applications

In evaluating obviousness, examiners must determine if an ordinary designer would have been motivated to modify prior art to achieve the claimed ...

Professionalism in Communications with the USPTO - Patently-O

... practitioners whose clients need efficiently ... Does a patent application have to come with some sort of pop-up book? Do you have ...

Understanding USPTO Guidance on Obviousness Rejections

United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO issues guidance on making obviousness rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

IP Law Bulletin - Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Patent practitioners struggle daily with interpreting and arguing obviousness under KSR while prosecuting patent applications before the USPTO. KSR's ...

Patent Law - Center for Pre-Law Advising

By passing this exam, these professionals can represent inventors in front of the United States Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO). Unlike traditional bar ...

The Inside Scoop From a USPTO Patent Examiner - LexisNexis IP

While patent examiners are human beings with emotions, it's recommended that patent practitioners refrain from asking their patent examiners to ...

Don't Let the USPTO Get Away with Speculating that a Feature of an ...

One of the most frustrating fact patterns an applicant or patent attorney can ... I did a search in PatentAdvisor of Appeal Briefs I have ...

Avoiding Confusion of Phosita - AIPLA

The issue of obviousness is determined entirely with reference to a hypothetical “person having ordinary skill in the art.” It is only that hypothetical person ...

On "obviousness" in patent law... : r/Patents - Reddit

In practice, USPTO and courts will require "prior art" publications to prove obviousness. This means that EVERY element of the claim will have ...

Unanswered Questions After Federal Circuit Overrules 40 Years of ...

... practitioners, courts, and the USPTO. What is Analogous Art? You ... patent law did not speak of obviousness.”[10]. The Whitman Saddle ...

2173-Claims Must Particularly Point Out and Distinctly ... - USPTO

Accordingly, providing high quality patents is one of the agency's guiding principles. The Office recognizes that issuing patents with clear and definite claim ...

WTAS: Proposed Unsubstantiated USPTO Rule Change is a Threat ...

There has been increasing interest from some policymakers in Congress and the administration on terminal disclaimers and their use to ...

'In re Cellect': How Patent Owners Can Protect Themselves From ...

In Cellect, the USPTO's failure to issue an obviousness ... serial applications that have obvious variants of claims obtained in earlier patents.

Finding Your Patent Utility, Novelty, and Non-obviousness

§ 103 in the United States and means that an invention must not be an obvious improvement or combination of known inventions to a person having ...

USPTO Proposed Terminal Disclaimer Can Terminate Patents

The USPTO has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking raising the requirements for accepting a Terminal Disclaimer to obviate ...

Frank Bernstein - The USPTO Speaks on Obviousness - LinkedIn

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