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In Regeneron Pharmaceuticals v. Merus N.V., [16-1346] the Federal Circuit denied rehearing and rehearing en banc the July panel decision, previously discussed here... Read More »

Broadest Reasonable Does not Mean Broadest Possible! The USPTO applies a broadest reasonable claim interpretation (BRI) to patents and patent applications. The... Read More »

What Exactly is the "Thrust of the Rejection?" Every so often a decision comes out of the USPTO's Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) or the... Read More »

Are You Properly Corroborating Your In Re Katz Declarations? Every so often a decision comes out of the USPTO's Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) or the... Read More »

The difference between "i.e." (id est, "that is") and "e.g." (exempli gratia, "for example") comes up in patent cases from... Read More »

In a non-precedential opinion in Ali v. Carnegie Institution of Washington, [2016-2320] (April 12, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal, on grounds of... Read More »

In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., [2016-1174] (February 14, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s claim construction but vacated the... Read More »

During its August Patent Quality Chat, the USPTO discussed the recently launched Patent Prosecution Pilot Program (P3). The P3 program is a hybrid of the After-final... Read More »

  Of the five senses (or six, if you’re a little boy in an M. Night Shyamalan movie) most people would agree that vision is their most valuable sense... Read More »

Everyone hates driving in traffic. The stop and go. The lurch when you accelerate for a moment, then are forced to slam on your brakes when someone cuts into your... Read More »

The America Invents Act (AIA) has significantly changed the processes available for prosecuting and challenging a patent. In this final section, I will outline these... Read More »