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FDA Releases Draft Guidances on 510(k) Submissions
Written by: Paige L. Cappelli On September 6, 2023, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released three draft guidance documents to provide updated...
IPR Decision Based on a Barely Mentioned Typo Violated the APA Notice Requirement
Written by:Brianne M. Kingery & Daniel Kiang APPLE INC. v. COREPHOTONICS, LTD. Before Stoll, Linn, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: An IPR...
“Magic Words” Unnecessary in Identifying Field of Endeavor for Analogous Art
Written by: Raymond S. Lu & Daniel Kiang NETFLIX, INC. v. DivX, LLC Before Hughes, Stoll, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary...
Feed tagged as "Patent Application":
As an inventor, it's important to protect your ideas and inventions from being copied or stolen by others. One of the... Read More »
In 2019, Stephen Thaler filed two patent applications, 16/524,350 (teaching a “Neural Flame”) and 16/524,532... Read More »
Last week we highlighted the companies with the largest growth or decline in patents in 2021 (Patexia 140). Covering a period of five years, from... Read More »
Earlier this year, we published our Third Annual Patent Prosecution Intelligence Report. Based on this report, we identified the patent firms with the largest growth... Read More »
In my last post, I discussed the Supreme Court’s opinion in Helsinn Healthcare v. Teva Pharms., holding Helsinn’s patent on a drug was invalid on the... Read More »
A pair of ongoing USPTO initiatives, Patents for Humanity and Patents 4 Patients, offer incentives that certain biotechnology patent applications may be eligible... Read More »
Written by Peter E. Heuser, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
In Nidec v. Zhongshan, the entire panel affirms a determination of obviousness but two judges question ... Read More »
Written by Scott Siera, Ph.D. and Michael L. Fuller
Obtaining issued patents in the biotechnology space can be a challenge. Here is a list of ten patent... Read More »
Written by Hyeongsu Rick Park and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) terminated a patent interference proceeding between the... Read More »
An Internet search using the term "provisional patent application" will bury you in ads by companies offering inventors a low-cost entry ticket to the U.S... Read More »
By Christopher Hall & Mike Gencarella
Here is an argument we are using in response to rejections under 35 USC §101 that allege the claims are directed ... Read More »
Can boilerplate language describing possible variations to an invention ever impact validity of a patent? Many software patents include standard... Read More »
By Chris Hall
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
Here is a technique for rapidly drafting claims, for a patent application. This is a... Read More »
Patexia has lately learned from a number of sources that Samsung may be in the process of changing their filing strategy in the US. These sources indicated that... Read More »
George Orwell’s "Nineteen Eighty-Four" envisioned a world subjected to pervasive government surveillance and incessant mind control at the hands of... Read More »
