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Not All Intrinsic Evidence Is Equal
USA - June 24 2022 In Ultra-Mek, Inc. v. United Furniture Industries, Inc., No. 1:18-cv-281, 2022 WL 1799235 (M.D.N.C. June 2, 2022), the United States District Court…
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Global, USA - June 22 2022 With the adoption of ST.26 as the new standard for sequence listings, the USPTO has revised its regulations. On May 20, 2022, the USPTO published a…
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Global, USA - June 15 2022 REMINDER: PCT-SAFE will no longer be supported by WIPO as of July 1, 2022. As such, one can no longer use PCT-SAFE to prep your RO-101 for submission…
Whither the CCPA? Hindsight is 20/20: Examining CCPA Decisions and Their Continued Importance in Modern Obviousness Inquiries
USA - June 10 2022 In United States Patent law, a patent may not be obtained on a claimed invention if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art…
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USA - June 8 2022 Recently, the USPTO announced a Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program. Under this pilot program, qualifying nonprovisional utility patent…
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USA - June 1 2022 PCT fees are payable to the receiving Office (RO) with which the international application is filed. The RO then transmits the search fee to the…
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USA - May 25 2022 The USPTO has a Patent Pendency Model (PPM); the PPM is a simulation tool that predicts patent production output based on actual historical data and…
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Global, USA - May 18 2022 The PCT Contingency Upload Service allows the applicant (or his or her agent) to upload PDF documents, including new international applications…
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USA - May 11 2022 Third-party observation service permits certain observations on an international application during the international phase if they believe that the…
Subjective Terms Require Objective Definition
USA - May 6 2022 In Univ. Of Mass v. L’Oréal USA, Inc., No. 17-cv-0868 (D. Del. April 20, 2021), the district court judge granted L’Oréal’s motion for summary…
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