This column highlights some more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. Patently-O – a patent law blog – Patentlyo.com Laches in Patent Prosecution – On January 23, 2023, a guest post by Jordan Duenckel discussed a Federal Circuit opinion, Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. Apple Inc., 57 F.4th 1346 [...]

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. Patently-O – a patent law blog – Patentlyo.com Replying All to Email Messages – On November 7, 2022, David Hricik discussed the recent ABA ethics opinion Formal Ethics Opinion 503 (Nov. 2, 2022) (PDF here.) regarding [...]

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. Patently-O – a patent law blog – Patentlyo.com Inherency in the Written Description – On September 21, 2023, Professor Dennis Crouch discussed inherency as it relates to the written description requirement. The referenced case, Novartis Pharms [...]

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. Patently-O – a patent law blog – Patentlyo.com Nonce words and Means Plus Function Claims – You usually want to avoid Section 112(f) classifications as the result is often either (1) narrow claim scope or (2) [...]

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. Patently-O – a patent law blog – Patentlyo.com Deferring Subject Matter Eligibility Rejection Responses – A January 9, 2022 post describes a new pilot program for the USPTO, the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response (DSMER) Pilot [...]