Pre-grant (Pre-issuance) Submission
Apr 13, 2015
A cost effective approach to limit a competitor’s patent rights as compared to litigation or reexamination proceedings. Patent Application Publication Monitoring Monitor your competition and identify...
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The Patent Box
Jul 12, 2013
The Patent Box
After patenting and successfully commercializing an innovation, firms are still unlikely to capture all the benefits of their patent in the form of profits. If incentives are given to i...
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To Marry or Not To Marry
Jul 11, 2013
To Marry or Not To Marry
Every decision revolves around economic benefits, though there are exceptions such as love or charity. If you are thinking about marriage, first decide whether you benefit fro...
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Global Patent Search Network
Jul 09, 2013
Global Patent Search Network
In an effort to expand coverage of worldwide patent collections, the USPTO announced the launch of the Global Patent Search Network (GPSN) to make the patent research easi...
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Passing Off and Reverse Passing Off
Jul 04, 2013
Passing Off and Reverse Passing Off
Passing off is when an infringer uses a trademark or trade dress of a well-known product of a trader to sell wrong products cheating both purchasers and the trader....
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Judicially Recognized New Exception to Patentable Subject Matter
Jul 03, 2013
Judicially Recognized New Exception to Patentable Subject Matter
(Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.)
There are two criteria for determining subject matter eligibility under ...
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Patentable Subject Matter Under Section 101-Part III
Jun 30, 2013
Patentable Subject Matter Under Section 101-Part III
In Assn. for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (Myriad), the Federal Circuit correctly ruled that claims to isolated DNA molecules were...
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Patentable Subject Matter Under Section 101-Part II
Jun 30, 2013
Patentable Subject Matter Under Section 101-Part II
2) Judicially Recognized Exception
A judicially recognized exception includes laws of nature, physical phenomena, and abstract ideas, or a particu...
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Patentable Subject Matter Under Section 101-Part I
Jun 30, 2013
Patentable Subject Matter Under Section 101-Part I
Consistent with that intent and to fulfill the constitutional mandate to promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts, Congress defined the p...
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Patent Application Drafting 101: Graphics and Views in Drawings, Color Drawings and Photographs
Jun 24, 2013
Graphics and Views, Color Drawings and Photographs
Graphic Forms in Drawings: Chemical or mathematical formulas, tables, computer program listings, and waveforms may be submitted as drawings and are ...
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