James J. Mullen, III
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Articles
Patent reform effective dates cheat sheet
USA - September 16 2011 Today President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) into law, thus completing the first major overhaul to the patent act in almost 60 years.
USPTO releases proposed first-inventor-to-file rules and examiner guidelines
USA - July 27 2012 Implementation of the “first-to-file” provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) took a step forward yesterday when the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published proposed rules and proposed examination guidelines for the first-inventor-to-file provision of the AIA.
Federal Circuit creates "palpable" confusion surrounding patent eligibility
USA - September 1 2011 In yet another decision examining the boundaries of patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, the Federal Circuit determined in Classen Immunotherapies v. Biogen IDEC that two representative claims directed to comparing immunization schedules, choosing a schedule, and immunizing a patient based on that schedule, constitute patent-eligible subject matter
Patent Eligibility in the Life Sciences: Supreme Court Declines Review of Ariosa Diagnostics v. Sequenom
USA - June 30 2016 On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., thereby letting stand the Federal Circuit's…
Patent reform is upon us
USA - September 8 2011 The Senate voted today to adopt the House of Representatives' version of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, advancing it to the president’s desk.
