VERNON HILLS, IL
Intellectual property Lawyer at VERNON HILLS, IL
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Trademark Application ... +4 more
The USPTO is providing a temporary basis (the Expedited Patent Appeal Pilot) under which an appellant may have an ex parte appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) accorded special status i...
See Full GuideA Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application has the effect of a national application for a patent in any of the designated PCT States. For consistency in examination across Offices leading to more c...
See Full GuideHR 9 legislation would weaken our patent system and harm the inventors it was designed to protect. Introduction [0001] A patent owner - whether a non-practicing entity (NPE), troll or competing practi...
See Full GuideA patent owner or licensee can recover damages when exclusionary intellectual property rights are violated. A patent can be infringed directly and indirectly, because it is unlawful to make, use, sell...
See Full GuideA safe harbor from double patenting rejections against a patentee. 35 USC Section 121 35 USC section 121 provides a safe harbor from double patenting rejections against a patentee on claims that were...
See Full GuideThere are two main types of interference estoppel. INTERFERENCE If a party loses on an issue, it may not re-litigate the issue before the examiner or in a subsequent Board of Patent Appeals and Interf...
See Full GuideDisclosure of a prior art reference, whether express, implicit or inherent, may be relied upon to reject claims for lacking novelty under 35 USC section 102 or PCT Article 33(2) or for being obvious o...
See Full GuideDisclosures of a prior art reference, express, implicit or inherent, may be relied upon in the rejection of claims under 35 USC section 103 or PCT Article 33(3). However, it is simple and easier to th...
See Full GuideDisclosure of a prior art reference, whether express, implicit or inherent, may be relied upon to reject claims for lacking novelty under 35 USC section 102 or PCT Article 33(2). Introduction Disclosu...
See Full GuideInequitable conduct is an equitable defense to patent infringementii. Intent and materiality must be separately established The standard The standard for the materiality required to establish inequita...
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