Based on our phone inquiry with a senior examiner from the PTA review team at the CNIPA, we were verbally advised the following information in addition to the aforementioned announcements: 1.For a PTA request submitted by a patentee on or before July 26, 2024, the CNIPA will successively iss...
As reported by Quantum Insider[1], this past week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) overturned an examiner's rejections of an application directed to a quantum computing invention.[2]Even though this decision is based solely o...
When you try to claim the priority filing date using your provisional application, you will run into major problems with an examiner if your application is incomplete. Because the provisional patent application takes the place of building the product you've invented, you don't need to submit an...
USPTO Examiner Interview Strategies: Preparing for and Conducting Interviews to Advance Pa... June 27, 2024 • CLE • CLE On-Demand This CLE course will guide patent counsel on leveraging interviews with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent examiners to prosecute ...
From the patent examination perspective, the examination results may also be slightly different due to the examiner’s subjective standards. Even for the invention patents that are strictly examined for novelty, non-obviousness and utility, the risk of losing patent rights remains in the patent ...
The patent examiner may request additional information from your attorney. Because the patent application process is highly complex, it's best to work with patent attorneys and agents. How to Get a Patent Pending Without an Attorney Federal law requires the staff at the USPTO to help inventors ...
A federal judge dismissed an ex-patent examiner's discrimination case stemming from his rejection by the US Patent and Trademark Office where he was previously accused of violating the agency's workplace violence policy. Fenyang Stewart was fired in 2016 after "repeated incidents of unprofessional ...
Although the result could have been guessed, the Federal Circuit has issued an important decision interpreting the scope of post-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 -- and the meaning of the "claimed invention."Celanese Intl. Corp. v. Intl. Trade Comm'n, 22-01827 (Fed. Cir. August 12, 2024). In ...
Thus, if the examiner is uncertain about whether a streamlined analysis is appropriate, the examiner is encouraged to conduct a full eligibility analysis. However, if the claim is not found eligible at any of Pathways A, B or C, the claim is patent ineligible and should be rejected under ...
The result is that the Third-Party Preissuance Submission is likely to fail as an advocacy document before the Examiner in the case. click to enlarge CP74. March 25, 2022. CO. Continued failure of restfulness of Patentcenter. I had three design patent applications with Notices of Allowance....