VERNON HILLS, IL
Intellectual property Lawyer at VERNON HILLS, IL
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Trademark Application ... +4 more
Human Organisms: Effective from September 16, 2011, the Act prohibits issuance of any patents with claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. Isolating and purifying DNA is no longer paten...
See Full GuideDerivation Proceedings Effective from March 16, 2013, the Act provides for derivation actions and proceedings that allow a first inventor with a later filing date to present evidence that an applicant...
See Full GuideScope of Prior Art Effective from March 16, 2013, the sections 35 U.S.C. 102 and 35 USC 103 are affected by the first inventor to file system, which defines effective filing date as either the filin...
See Full GuideThe first inventor to file The first inventor to file, the most significant change,became effective from March 16, 2013. Under the new law, whoever files a patent application on a claimed subject mat...
See Full GuideWillful Infringement: Effective from September 16, 2012, the Act codified current case law regarding no inference of willful infringement when an alleged infringer does not obtain an opinion of counse...
See Full GuideSupplemental Examination The effective date for the supplemental examination provision in the AIA is September 16, 2012. Supplemental examination is intended to allow patent owners to clean the recor...
See Full GuideBusiness Method Patents and Post-grant Review Effective from September 16, 2012, an eight year transitional post-grant review proceeding will be established for reviewing the validity of covered busin...
See Full GuideInter Partes Review Effective from September 16, 2012, third parties will be able to challenge a patent, after 9 months from grant of a patent or after a PGR, through an inter partes review to be cond...
See Full GuidePost Grant Review (PGR) Effective from September 16, 2012, within nine months after grant or reissue of a patent, a petitioner may request to cancel one or more claims of the patent on any ground exce...
See Full GuideInventors/Applicants Effective from September 16, 2012, applications may be filed in the name of assignee (or a person/business to which an inventor has an obligation to assign). This provision elimin...
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