Dec 25, 2024 The melting chocolate snowman returns Dec 25, 2024
Dec 16, 2024 Examiner Reassignment Dec 16, 2024
Dec 16, 2024 Dependent Claims and Structural Limitations in Method Claims Dec 16, 2024
Dec 6, 2024 Negative Limitations in Disguise: Determining Their Scope Dec 6, 2024

November 2024

Nov 18, 2024 This Bud's For You - When prior art intermixes technical terms that the applicant considers distinct Nov 18, 2024
Nov 5, 2024 Navigating the Use of Color in Utility Patent Claims Nov 5, 2024

October 2024

Oct 30, 2024 When Non-Prior Art References Complicate Patent Examination Oct 30, 2024
Oct 13, 2024 Providing Claimed Function or Intended Use Oct 13, 2024

September 2024

Sep 26, 2024 Responding to Oral Restriction Requirements: Strategic Considerations for Patent Practitioners Sep 26, 2024
Sep 23, 2024 Motivation to improve everything compared with improper motivation for an already solved problem Sep 23, 2024
Sep 18, 2024 Controller claims in patent applications: variations and consequences Sep 18, 2024
Sep 16, 2024 Another Patent Claim Drafting Pitfall for AI Innovations Sep 16, 2024
Sep 9, 2024 Appeal Briefs and the Pitfall of Insufficient Explanation Sep 9, 2024
Sep 5, 2024 Navigating Obviousness Rejections: Prior Art at Cross-Purposes to the Invention Sep 5, 2024
Sep 3, 2024 Arguments Based on Claim Language Sep 3, 2024

August 2024

Aug 27, 2024 Inconsistencies by the Fact Finder Aug 27, 2024

July 2024

Jul 18, 2024 Disclosure of a Parameter is Not a Reason to Optimize Jul 18, 2024
Jul 8, 2024 Meeting the Written Description Requirement for AI Algorithms: Lessons from a Recent PTAB Decision Jul 8, 2024
Jul 2, 2024 Navigating Rejections Based on Rearrangement of Parts in Patent Prosecution Jul 2, 2024

June 2024

Jun 20, 2024 Deconstructing an Examiner's Obviousness Rationale Jun 20, 2024
Jun 18, 2024 Challenges in Protecting Accessory Inventions Jun 18, 2024
Jun 12, 2024 Challenging Rejections: Recognizing Improper Motivation to Combine Under 35 USC § 103 Jun 12, 2024
Jun 3, 2024 What is a "Planar Top"? Jun 3, 2024

May 2024

May 30, 2024 Mastering the USPTO Ex Parte Appeal: Balancing Strength and Strategy in Your Brief May 30, 2024
May 20, 2024 Obvious Innovation at the PTAB May 20, 2024
May 7, 2024 Parsing Claims to A Controller with "Configure to" Language May 7, 2024

April 2024

Apr 22, 2024 Patent Prosecutor or Music Producer? Apr 22, 2024
Apr 15, 2024 Interplay between Obvious to Try and Routine Optimization Apr 15, 2024

March 2024

Mar 26, 2024 Using Provisional Filing Dates Offensively - It's Not Automatic Mar 26, 2024
Mar 18, 2024 Claim interplay under the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation (BRI) Mar 18, 2024
Mar 4, 2024 The Attraction of Simplicity in Hindsight Mar 4, 2024

February 2024

Feb 26, 2024 Where Does It End? Feb 26, 2024
Feb 19, 2024 Are Smartphone Apps Protectable With Utility Patents? Feb 19, 2024
Feb 16, 2024 But That's Not In Your Claim Feb 16, 2024

January 2024

Jan 10, 2024 All Functional Language Is Not Necessarily Created Equal Jan 10, 2024
Jan 8, 2024 Improper Hindsight In Generalizing the Teachings of the Prior Art Jan 8, 2024
Jan 3, 2024 Obviousness - Merely Being Conventional Is Not Motivation Jan 3, 2024

December 2023

Dec 18, 2023 Enhancing Processing Efficiency of the Computer Itself, or Just a Mere Tool Dec 18, 2023
Dec 12, 2023 Core Wireless and Example 37 Help Roche Secure a 101 Win Dec 12, 2023
Dec 4, 2023 Legal Precedent to Support the Prima Facia Case Dec 4, 2023

November 2023

Nov 27, 2023 Coatings, Layers, and Substrates - Different Yet The Same At The PTAB Nov 27, 2023
Nov 15, 2023 The End of Dynamic Drinkware at the USPTO Nov 15, 2023
Nov 7, 2023 Crafting Effective Arguments Against an Examiner's Interpretation of a Claim Term: A Guide for Patent Professionals Nov 7, 2023

October 2023

Oct 31, 2023 What Separates A Good Patent Application From A Great Patent Application Oct 31, 2023
Oct 24, 2023 Robust Software Applications and The Role of Technical Problem and Solution Disclosures Oct 24, 2023
Oct 16, 2023 Claim Interpretation and Implicit Definitions in the Specification Oct 16, 2023
Oct 10, 2023 Restrictions and Non-Compliant Responses Oct 10, 2023

September 2023

Sep 11, 2023 Patent Protection for Machine Learning Models: Can Training Get It Done? Sep 11, 2023
Sep 5, 2023 Navigating Written Description Support: A Crucial Aspect in Patent Prosecution Sep 5, 2023

August 2023

Aug 28, 2023 Unexpected Results vs. Merely Different Results Aug 28, 2023
Aug 21, 2023 Unpacking the Dual Impact of in re Schulhauser in Patent Prosecution Aug 21, 2023
Aug 16, 2023 Regardless, The Claim Limitation is Non-Limiting Aug 16, 2023
Aug 14, 2023 The Printed Matter Doctrine's Unexpected Applications in Patent Prosecution Aug 14, 2023
Aug 2, 2023 Striking the Balance: Reasonable Interpretation of Claim Terms in Patent Law Aug 2, 2023

July 2023

Jul 28, 2023 The result of a combination is not a reason to combine Jul 28, 2023
Jul 17, 2023 "Consisting of" in Patent Claims - it means different things in different places Jul 17, 2023
Jul 10, 2023 Merely a "Schematic" Figure - Ineffective 112 Support? Jul 10, 2023
Jul 5, 2023 Flying Too Close To The Sun Jul 5, 2023

June 2023

Jun 13, 2023 The Ripple Effect of Broad Claim Interpretation in US Patent Examination. Jun 13, 2023
Jun 5, 2023 The Imprecision of Language: When Substance Takes a Backseat to Interpretation in Patent Applications Jun 5, 2023

May 2023

May 30, 2023 Product-by-Process and the Burdent on the Applicant May 30, 2023
May 15, 2023 A Decidedly Unpersuasive Rejection - Improper Use of Restrictions to Limit Applicants' Amendments May 15, 2023
May 10, 2023 Disclosure of Optional Features is Disclosure to Eliminate Them May 10, 2023

April 2023

Apr 24, 2023 Law of the Case at the PTAB Apr 24, 2023
Apr 10, 2023 Does Every Listing of Prior Art Count as a Combination with the Invention Apr 10, 2023

March 2023

Mar 31, 2023 New Evidence in PTAB Appeal Briefs Mar 31, 2023
Mar 20, 2023 Res Judicata in Patent Prosecution Mar 20, 2023
Mar 7, 2023 Inventor, attorney, and applicant - persistence is (not) futile. Mar 7, 2023

February 2023

Feb 28, 2023 Expert Declarations and Verb Tense Feb 28, 2023
Feb 21, 2023 The PTAB Side-Step - Be Aware Feb 21, 2023
Feb 6, 2023 Update on 101 Experts Feb 6, 2023
Feb 1, 2023 These aren’t the droids (101 experts) you’re looking for... Feb 1, 2023

January 2023

Jan 24, 2023 A time to appeal Jan 24, 2023
Jan 3, 2023 Quality Assurance Specialists In the Appeal Process Jan 3, 2023

December 2022

Dec 27, 2022 To emphasize or not - that is the question Dec 27, 2022
Dec 22, 2022 Substantially is Substantially OK in Patent Claims Dec 22, 2022
Dec 7, 2022 Implicit Motivation to Combine Dec 7, 2022

November 2022

Nov 28, 2022 Appeal Brief Rules - Who Enforces? Nov 28, 2022
Nov 16, 2022 Double Standards at the USPTO Nov 16, 2022
Nov 8, 2022 The Sneaky Printed Matter Doctrine Nov 8, 2022
Nov 4, 2022 The "complexities" of patent law Nov 4, 2022

October 2022

Oct 25, 2022 Wacky Examiner Interpretations Can't Just Be Dismissed Oct 25, 2022
Oct 11, 2022 Routine Optimization and the General Working Conditions of the Claim Oct 11, 2022

September 2022

Sep 29, 2022 The Kardashians at the PTAB Sep 29, 2022
Sep 19, 2022 Functional Claiming Dangers - When claim scope too closely matches the scope of disclosure in the specification Sep 19, 2022
Sep 8, 2022 Consistency in Patent Prosecution Sep 8, 2022

August 2022

Aug 23, 2022 Less Obvious Can Still Be Obvious Aug 23, 2022
Aug 16, 2022 Appreciating Subtle Obviousness Rejections Aug 16, 2022
Aug 10, 2022 Patenting Patent Examiner Data in view of Alice Aug 10, 2022
Aug 2, 2022 Non-Analogous Art Wins One at the PTAB Aug 2, 2022

July 2022

Jul 28, 2022 Drawings as Disclosure (even if the specification does not state that they are to scale) Jul 28, 2022
Jul 18, 2022 Best Of Mr. IP Law Jul 18, 2022
Jul 14, 2022 Unforseen Interpretations Can Spell Trouble During Patent Prosecution Jul 14, 2022

June 2022

Jun 28, 2022 Patent prosecution arguments should not merely parrot the cited claim limitations Jun 28, 2022
Jun 20, 2022 The Mapping Rule in Patent Prosecution Jun 20, 2022
Jun 8, 2022 Competitve Intelligence through Patent Filings Jun 8, 2022
Jun 6, 2022 Commercial Success for Start-up Commercial Products Jun 6, 2022

May 2022

May 30, 2022 How to Avoid Intended Use in Control System Inventions May 30, 2022
May 24, 2022 The value of a pending application May 24, 2022
May 18, 2022 PTAB Recusals May 18, 2022
May 16, 2022 Late to the Party May 16, 2022
May 9, 2022 Admissions at the USPTO May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022 So You Say You Want an Expert Patent Professional In Your Technology May 9, 2022
May 2, 2022 Section 101: Even Very Specific Devices Can Be Conventional May 2, 2022

April 2022

Apr 25, 2022 Intended Use in Method Claims Apr 25, 2022
Apr 20, 2022 Appeals are a great strategy (when you have a bad rejection) Apr 20, 2022
Apr 18, 2022 The Illusion of Quality at the USPTO Apr 18, 2022

March 2022

Mar 28, 2022 Unique Issues in Ex Parte Apellate (PTAB) Briefs Mar 28, 2022
Mar 16, 2022 When Prior Art Discloses Extra Features Mar 16, 2022
Mar 7, 2022 Patent Drafting Tips for Estimation Algorithms Mar 7, 2022

February 2022

Feb 28, 2022 Another Examiner's Answer with Glaring Errors Blessed by the USPTO's RQAS Feb 28, 2022
Feb 24, 2022 Cole Haan Puts a Spring Back in Your Step Feb 24, 2022
Feb 15, 2022 Relative Dimensions in Patent Claims Feb 15, 2022
Feb 8, 2022 Patent Quality at the USPTO Feb 8, 2022
Feb 3, 2022 How to Attack Impropr Double Counting in an Examiner's Rejection Feb 3, 2022

January 2022

Jan 13, 2022 Non-Analogous Art - Following the Breadcrumbs Jan 13, 2022
Jan 11, 2022 Conjuring Up Disclosure by Happenstance - A Little Imagination Goes A Long Way Jan 11, 2022
Jan 7, 2022 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS and NEGATIVE LIMITATIONS Jan 7, 2022
Jan 4, 2022 Patent Applicant Overcomes Rejection Ignoring "Configured to" Limitation Jan 4, 2022

December 2021

Dec 29, 2021 Caution: Paraphrasing Claim Elements in Arguments Dec 29, 2021
Dec 16, 2021 E-Issuance of Patents Dec 16, 2021

November 2021

Nov 30, 2021 Drafting the Specification with Alternatives Nov 30, 2021
Nov 23, 2021 Pie Dough Invention Burned By PTAB Interpretation of "Impact Mixing" Nov 23, 2021
Nov 9, 2021 Breaking Down Improper Logic Nov 9, 2021

October 2021

Oct 28, 2021 All Too Easy To Miss - BRI Oct 28, 2021
Oct 25, 2021 Machine Translations in Patent Prosecution Oct 25, 2021
Oct 20, 2021 Hindsight - Improper or not? Oct 20, 2021
Oct 13, 2021 Technical Expertise - Necessary But Not Sufficient Oct 13, 2021
Oct 6, 2021 The benefit of signaling diagrams in your patent application Oct 6, 2021
Oct 4, 2021 Fox News Broadcasting Invention and the Printed Matter Doctrine Oct 4, 2021

September 2021

Sep 27, 2021 Crazy Like a Fox Sep 27, 2021
Sep 20, 2021 Patent Professionals and Writer’s Block Sep 20, 2021
Sep 14, 2021 The Importance of Reply Briefs Sep 14, 2021
Sep 6, 2021 Schulhauser, the Mapping Rule, and new grounds in an Answer Sep 6, 2021

August 2021

Aug 31, 2021 New Grounds at the PTAB - Be Wary of Section 101 Aug 31, 2021
Aug 25, 2021 Semicondutor Die Singulation and a Raw Deal Aug 25, 2021
Aug 21, 2021 USPTO Examiners Must Give Proper Notice Aug 21, 2021
Aug 9, 2021 Patents and BBQs Aug 9, 2021
Aug 2, 2021 Cheese IP and Overlapping Ranges Aug 2, 2021

July 2021

Jul 21, 2021 Ice Cream and Patent Prosecution Jul 21, 2021
Jul 14, 2021 Multi-National Patent Application Drafting Tips Jul 14, 2021
Jul 8, 2021 Prior Art Failing To Show A Claimed Element vs. Showing Something Excluded By The Claim ELement Jul 8, 2021

June 2021

Jun 30, 2021 "Capable Of" Double Talk Jun 30, 2021
Jun 28, 2021 Appeals Can Be Unpredictable Jun 28, 2021
Jun 21, 2021 Practice Tips - Keeping Focus on the Claims Jun 21, 2021
Jun 17, 2021 Evolving Provisional Double Patenting Rejections Jun 17, 2021
Jun 10, 2021 Even PTAB Judges Are Hesitant To Argue Teaching Away Jun 10, 2021
Jun 7, 2021 "Configured to" and "Capable of" - Two Different Claim Scopes in the US Jun 7, 2021

May 2021

May 27, 2021 Arguing the Dependent Claims on Appeal May 27, 2021
May 19, 2021 Obviousness May 19, 2021
May 3, 2021 Interplay Among Different Statutory Rejections May 3, 2021

April 2021

Apr 27, 2021 Software Patent Drafting - Be Wary of Data Labels Providing Novelty Apr 27, 2021
Apr 22, 2021 Is Teaching Away the Patent Practitioner's Golden Hammer? Apr 22, 2021
Apr 19, 2021 Intended Use Means Different Things in Different Contexts Apr 19, 2021
Apr 7, 2021 What's in a Name? Apr 7, 2021
Apr 6, 2021 Integrating an Algorithmic Abstract Idea into a Practical Application Apr 6, 2021

March 2021

Mar 29, 2021 When an Examiner tells you exactly the wrong procedure, don't be led astray Mar 29, 2021
Mar 23, 2021 Patent Drafting Short-Cuts Come Back To Haunt the Applicant Mar 23, 2021
Mar 16, 2021 Improper Hindsight in the Food Processing Arts Mar 16, 2021
Mar 8, 2021 Commensurate in Scope Mar 8, 2021
Mar 1, 2021 Pushing Back Against Improper Restrictions Mar 1, 2021

February 2021

Feb 26, 2021 Defining "Defining" Feb 26, 2021
Feb 22, 2021 Design Choice and Reminder on BRI Feb 22, 2021
Feb 17, 2021 Patenting Instructions and the Printed Matter Doctrine Feb 17, 2021
Feb 14, 2021 Broadest Reasonable (mis)Interpretation Feb 14, 2021
Feb 7, 2021 "Predetermined" In Patent Claims Feb 7, 2021

January 2021

Jan 28, 2021 Timing of Petitions Against Restriction at the USPTO Jan 28, 2021
Jan 25, 2021 BRI is for interpreting claims, not the prior art Jan 25, 2021
Jan 21, 2021 Unintended Waiver Jan 21, 2021
Jan 13, 2021 In electronic control systems, modes mean something Jan 13, 2021
Jan 7, 2021 BRI and the Specification Jan 7, 2021
Jan 4, 2021 IDS Submissions and Admitted Prior Art Jan 4, 2021

December 2020

Dec 28, 2020 Patent Professional By Day, Novelist by Night Dec 28, 2020
Dec 21, 2020 Patentability of Recipes and Other Quirks in Food-related Inventions Dec 21, 2020
Dec 14, 2020 Double Patenting Pitfalls in Tech Transfer Dec 14, 2020
Dec 9, 2020 Examiners Relying on Provisionals Must Properly Cite Disclosure in the Provisional Dec 9, 2020
Dec 4, 2020 Election of species based on Figures (UPDATED) Dec 4, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 Claim Terms with No Teeth Dec 1, 2020

November 2020

Nov 30, 2020 Obviousness with a Different Purpose Nov 30, 2020
Nov 23, 2020 Printed Matter Doctrine and GUI Inventions at the USPTO Nov 23, 2020
Nov 14, 2020 The Name of the Game is the Claim Nov 14, 2020
Nov 3, 2020 Anticipation by Happenstance Nov 3, 2020

October 2020

Oct 20, 2020 Unnecessary Printing of Ribbon Copies Oct 20, 2020
Oct 14, 2020 Technical Reasoning in Obviousness Oct 14, 2020
Oct 5, 2020 Drawing Objections on Appeal Oct 5, 2020

September 2020

Sep 29, 2020 Speculative Obviousness Sep 29, 2020
Sep 25, 2020 PTAB Precedential and Informative Decisions Sep 25, 2020
Sep 18, 2020 The Non-Obvious Balancing Act Sep 18, 2020
Sep 16, 2020 Exact Limitations Remain Even with "Comprising" Sep 16, 2020
Sep 8, 2020 Examiner Mis-Interpretations Must Be Addressed at the PTAB Sep 8, 2020

August 2020

Aug 24, 2020 Directed To vs. Related To Aug 24, 2020
Aug 19, 2020 Tough Examiners vs. Unreasonable Examiners Aug 19, 2020
Aug 13, 2020 Configured To and Other Functional Claim Terms Aug 13, 2020
Aug 10, 2020 Don’t leave the back door wide open - Examiner Citation of Additional Evidence Aug 10, 2020

July 2020

Jul 13, 2020 The “Summary” in your PTAB Appeal Brief Jul 13, 2020
Jul 8, 2020 Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program Jul 8, 2020

June 2020

Jun 24, 2020 Merely simple, or elegantly simple? Jun 24, 2020
Jun 11, 2020 Quality Assurance Specialist Jun 11, 2020
Jun 4, 2020 Two Claim Elements are Better than One Jun 4, 2020
Jun 1, 2020 5 YEARS Jun 1, 2020

May 2020

May 20, 2020 Patent Transitional Phrases in combination - open, closed, open - what controls? May 20, 2020
May 11, 2020 Legal Precedent as Obviousness Rationale May 11, 2020
May 6, 2020 PTAB LEAP - Oral Advocacy Assistance May 6, 2020

April 2020

Apr 30, 2020 USPTO Extends Deadlines, Again Apr 30, 2020
Apr 28, 2020 Pascal's Advice Applied In Patent Prosecution Apr 28, 2020
Apr 24, 2020 New USPTO Report on Alice Rejections Apr 24, 2020
Apr 22, 2020 iPhone Cases and Design Patents Apr 22, 2020
Apr 13, 2020 Another Restriction Gotcha Apr 13, 2020
Apr 6, 2020 A Joy to Read Apr 6, 2020

March 2020

Mar 27, 2020 Tesla and Nikola at the PTAB Mar 27, 2020
Mar 20, 2020 Backfire Mar 20, 2020
Mar 10, 2020 Enablement and Wands Factors Mar 10, 2020

February 2020

Feb 24, 2020 Product Line Claims Feb 24, 2020
Feb 18, 2020 Limited number of choices – More Obvious, or More Inventive? Feb 18, 2020
Feb 18, 2020 Legible Figures In USPTO Correspondence Feb 18, 2020
Feb 10, 2020 Mixed Class Claims Feb 10, 2020

January 2020

Jan 27, 2020 Sufficiently Similar For KSR Obviousness Jan 27, 2020
Jan 23, 2020 Getting the right result vs. the fair administration of justice for inventors Jan 23, 2020
Jan 20, 2020 Examiner Obfuscation Jan 20, 2020
Jan 13, 2020 Not Everyone Knows What is Typical. Jan 13, 2020
Jan 9, 2020 AFCP 2.0 - Take Full Advantage Jan 9, 2020
Jan 7, 2020 Who has Ordinary Skill in the Art? Jan 7, 2020
Jan 3, 2020 Analogous and Non-Analogous Art Jan 3, 2020

December 2019

Dec 21, 2019 Facebook's Abstract Holiday Stories Dec 21, 2019
Dec 19, 2019 Examiner Speculation Dec 19, 2019
Dec 16, 2019 New Informative PTAB Decision on Speech Recognition Neural Network Dec 16, 2019
Dec 5, 2019 Interplay Between Possession and Enablement Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019 Obviousness is not established by addressing a problem the primary reference already solves Dec 5, 2019
Dec 2, 2019 That's not my invention Dec 2, 2019

November 2019

Nov 27, 2019 Section 101 at the PTAB - Slot Machines and Technical Advantages Nov 27, 2019
Nov 12, 2019 Hindsight and Citation to Evidence in the Record Nov 12, 2019
Nov 5, 2019 AI Tools - The Future of Patent Prosecution Nov 5, 2019

October 2019

Oct 31, 2019 Responding to Restrictions Oct 31, 2019
Oct 25, 2019 Halloween at the PTAB Oct 25, 2019
Oct 23, 2019 Your Claims are Too Broad Oct 23, 2019
Oct 16, 2019 New Informative PTAB decisions on Design Choice Oct 16, 2019
Oct 13, 2019 Tips for Reducing RCEs Oct 13, 2019
Oct 11, 2019 Section 112(f) - Friend or Foe? Oct 11, 2019
Oct 8, 2019 Patent Searching Oct 8, 2019
Oct 3, 2019 Patent Open Data Conference at USPTO Oct 3, 2019
Oct 2, 2019 More On Case Law Not In the MPEP Oct 2, 2019

September 2019

Sep 30, 2019 AFCP 2.0 Sep 30, 2019
Sep 26, 2019 That's Not in the MPEP Sep 26, 2019
Sep 19, 2019 Mix It Up - Tell Us One of Your Stories Sep 19, 2019
Sep 10, 2019 Chasing your Tail Sep 10, 2019
Sep 3, 2019 Means Plus Function Limitations Sep 3, 2019

August 2019

Aug 30, 2019 Hindsight Can Manifest Itself In the Most Unexpected Ways Aug 30, 2019
Aug 28, 2019 Target's GUI to Facilitate Internet Purchases is Patent Eligible, but Obvious as Claimed. Aug 28, 2019
Aug 26, 2019 National Dog Day Aug 26, 2019
Aug 22, 2019 Patent Examiner as Advocate, Judge, and Jury Aug 22, 2019
Aug 20, 2019 Patent Claims for AI Invention Must Be Properly Supported with Training Details in the Specification Aug 20, 2019
Aug 12, 2019 Are CIPs an admission of a failure in patent drafting? Aug 12, 2019
Aug 12, 2019 Yakus and the Overwhelming Power of the Administrative State Aug 12, 2019

July 2019

Jul 26, 2019 Divisional of a National Phase Filing Jul 26, 2019
Jul 19, 2019 Staggering Cost of Restrictions Jul 19, 2019
Jul 16, 2019 Ex Post Facto Claim Limitations Jul 16, 2019
Jul 8, 2019 Yeti Warning Systems and Section 101 Jul 8, 2019
Jul 2, 2019 PTAB designates four more decisions applying the 2019 Patent Eligibility Guidelines as informative Jul 2, 2019
Jul 1, 2019 Overcoming Alice Section 101 Rejections by Integrating Into a Practical Application Jul 1, 2019

June 2019

Jun 24, 2019 PTAB Reverses Alice Rejection for Claims on Nonsense Jun 24, 2019
Jun 20, 2019 When can you amend a patent application? Jun 20, 2019
Jun 12, 2019 The Revised Guidelines at the PTAB - where the rubber hits the road. Jun 12, 2019
Jun 10, 2019 Return Mail - The Government is Not a Person Jun 10, 2019
Jun 6, 2019 Rejoinder Jun 6, 2019
Jun 3, 2019 Patent Eligibility - The Claim is No Longer the Name of the Game Jun 3, 2019

May 2019

May 31, 2019 Product-By-Process or Structure? May 31, 2019
May 27, 2019 How things can go off the rails in patent prosecution May 27, 2019
May 21, 2019 Anticipation Short Cuts May 21, 2019
May 19, 2019 Creating Issues Where There are None May 19, 2019
May 16, 2019 Prior Art Date Manipulation on the Internet May 16, 2019
May 13, 2019 Mastercard saves dependent claims in Section 101 PTAB Appeal May 13, 2019
May 7, 2019 Claims are not Species May 7, 2019
May 2, 2019 USPTO Section 101 Guildelines Have Teeth May 2, 2019

April 2019

Apr 30, 2019 Waiver Apr 30, 2019
Apr 25, 2019 The Art of the Background Apr 25, 2019
Apr 23, 2019 PTAB rejects eBay Search Navigation Patent Application Apr 23, 2019
Apr 18, 2019 Fire quickly or keep your powder dry? Apr 18, 2019
Apr 16, 2019 Adidas Wins Product Customization Section 101 Reversal at the PTAB Apr 16, 2019
Apr 15, 2019 Election of species based on Figures Apr 15, 2019
Apr 11, 2019 The Devil is in the Details Apr 11, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 Interplay Between Appeals and Petitions Apr 8, 2019
Apr 4, 2019 Substitution of One Known Element for a Known Equivalent Apr 4, 2019
Apr 2, 2019 Bosch Fuel Injector Appeal Apr 2, 2019

March 2019

Mar 26, 2019 Why Patent Prosecutors Need to Know About Consonance Mar 26, 2019
Mar 21, 2019 New Informative PTAB Decision on 101 Mar 21, 2019
Mar 19, 2019 Examiner Statistics - To Cite or Not to Cite Mar 19, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 Arctic Cat Mar 11, 2019
Mar 7, 2019 "Determining" in Patent Claims Mar 7, 2019
Mar 6, 2019 Obviousness of Claimed Ranges Mar 6, 2019
Mar 1, 2019 Wining Petitions Against Restrictions Mar 1, 2019

February 2019

Feb 28, 2019 Strategic Use of Dependent Claims Feb 28, 2019
Feb 26, 2019 Separate Utility Means Two Different Uses Feb 26, 2019
Feb 25, 2019 Conditional Limitations in a System Claim? Feb 25, 2019
Feb 20, 2019 Return Mail Oral Arguments and The Basics of Patent Law Feb 20, 2019
Feb 19, 2019 Getting the PTAB In Line Feb 19, 2019
Feb 14, 2019 Petitioning Improper Final Rejections Feb 14, 2019
Feb 11, 2019 Details in the Specification - Good or Bad? Feb 11, 2019
Feb 7, 2019 Move over Amazon - one-click patents are eligible under new 2019 Section 101 Guidelines Feb 7, 2019
Feb 5, 2019 Tropicana overcomes obviousness rejection Feb 5, 2019
Feb 4, 2019 Optimization of Ranges Feb 4, 2019

January 2019

Jan 31, 2019 Turbine Blade Bond Layer - A Useful Case During Patent Prosecution Jan 31, 2019
Jan 28, 2019 System Diagnostics and Section 101 Jan 28, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 Addressing the Examiner’s Rejection on Appeal Jan 23, 2019
Jan 21, 2019 Enablement Rejections During Prosecution Jan 21, 2019
Jan 18, 2019 Petitions to Re-assign Applicantion to a New Examiner Jan 18, 2019
Jan 16, 2019 Obvious To Try Jan 16, 2019
Jan 14, 2019 Examiner Interviews Jan 14, 2019
Jan 9, 2019 Sports equipment hanger invention at the PTAB Jan 9, 2019
Jan 7, 2019 More on Design Choice Jan 7, 2019
Jan 2, 2019 Image Processing and Alice Jan 2, 2019

December 2018

Dec 31, 2018 Another Reversal from Art Unit 3747 Dec 31, 2018
Dec 27, 2018 Tips for Patent Prosecutors to De-fang the Bumble Dec 27, 2018
Dec 20, 2018 Diagnostic Inventions Dec 20, 2018
Dec 17, 2018 Thank you for a great 2018! Dec 17, 2018
Dec 11, 2018 Inherent Disclosure, Product-by-Process, and the Shifting Burden Dec 11, 2018
Dec 5, 2018 More on Hyatt's Case on Re-opening Dec 5, 2018
Dec 4, 2018 Update on Re-opening Prosecution Dec 4, 2018
Dec 3, 2018 There are more than two limited options for sprinkling ingredients onto flowable cheese mass Dec 3, 2018

November 2018

Nov 28, 2018 Amicus Brief Regarding Prosecution Re-opening at the Federal Circuit Nov 28, 2018
Nov 26, 2018 Early Data Points Provided By Restrictions Nov 26, 2018
Nov 19, 2018 More on MPEP 2107.04 - Re-opening Prosecution After Appeal Nov 19, 2018
Nov 13, 2018 Cut the Curd - Dealing with Difficult Examination Nov 13, 2018
Nov 7, 2018 GSK Has Obviousness Rejection Affirmed Nov 7, 2018
Nov 2, 2018 Toyota has improper 101 rejections overturned by PTAB Nov 2, 2018
Nov 1, 2018 Restriction or Rejection? Nov 1, 2018

October 2018

Oct 29, 2018 Provisional Double Patenting on Appeal Oct 29, 2018
Oct 25, 2018 Framing the Argument Oct 25, 2018
Oct 24, 2018 Declaration Evidence Must Be Addressed During Examination Oct 24, 2018
Oct 22, 2018 No Art Rejection Oct 22, 2018
Oct 18, 2018 Furtive Glances, Cohorts, and Collusion (oh my!) Oct 18, 2018
Oct 16, 2018 Structure vs. Method of Making Oct 16, 2018
Oct 11, 2018 Getting Your House In Order Before Appeal Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018 USPTO Re-opening rubber stamped by Federal Circuit in Hyatt. Oct 11, 2018
Oct 9, 2018 Intellectual Property and the Nobel Prize Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 2018 How Re-opening Responsive to an Appeal Can Give the Applicant Leverage Oct 9, 2018
Oct 5, 2018 Champion's Latest Engine Appeal in Art Unit 3747 Oct 5, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 Detecting Document Annotation Errors = Not Abstract Oct 4, 2018
Oct 2, 2018 Classifiers are Merely Abstract Ideas Oct 2, 2018

September 2018

Sep 28, 2018 When Examiners use Restrictions for Rejections Sep 28, 2018
Sep 26, 2018 When Examiners Rely on Non-analogous Art Sep 26, 2018
Sep 24, 2018 Alice as the Devil’s Advocate Sep 24, 2018
Sep 21, 2018 PTAB Oral Hearings Sep 21, 2018
Sep 17, 2018 More Reversals in Art Unit 3747 Sep 17, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 Obviousness, Hindsight, and Boilerplate Sep 13, 2018
Sep 11, 2018 Patenting Examiner Statistics? Sep 11, 2018
Sep 7, 2018 Will an Examiner accept your Preamble as limiting? Sep 7, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 Reasonable Expectation of Success Sep 5, 2018
Sep 4, 2018 Evidence-Based Declarations in Patent Prosecution Sep 4, 2018

August 2018

Aug 31, 2018 When Examiners Re-open Prosecution with a Final (after Appeal) Aug 31, 2018
Aug 30, 2018 Remembering Allan Lippa Aug 30, 2018
Aug 27, 2018 Winston Churchill and Alice Rejections Aug 27, 2018
Aug 24, 2018 PTAB Limits Examiner's Ability To Ignore Claimed Material Worked Upon Under MPEP 2115 Aug 24, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 Unnecessary Appeal Aug 21, 2018
Aug 20, 2018 Single Drawing Sufficient to Show Claimed Design Aug 20, 2018
Aug 20, 2018 Evidence-Based Claim Construction Aug 20, 2018
Aug 16, 2018 Patent Claims with "And/Or" Aug 16, 2018
Aug 13, 2018 Drawing Objections Aug 13, 2018
Aug 7, 2018 Remember Microfische? Aug 7, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 GM Wins Reversal in TC 3747 Aug 2, 2018

July 2018

Jul 30, 2018 "So I just re-opened" Jul 30, 2018
Jul 26, 2018 ZUP Loses Wakeboard Patent Claims Jul 26, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 Illegal Restrictions, Contuinued Jul 23, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 Sparking an Examiner-Initiated Interview Jul 20, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 Examiner Interviews Jul 19, 2018
Jul 16, 2018 PLEA FOR YOUR HELP Jul 16, 2018
Jul 12, 2018 Yet another obviously improper rejection from Art Unit 3747 Jul 12, 2018
Jul 11, 2018 Five New Informative Decisions Designated by the PTAB Jul 11, 2018
Jul 11, 2018 Overcoming Restrictions of Method of Treatment Claims Jul 11, 2018

June 2018

Jun 28, 2018 Invention for Evaluating Placement of an Electrode on a Hypoglossal Nerve Through Airway Response to Stimulation Jun 28, 2018
Jun 26, 2018 More Improper Rejections Reversed in Art Unit 3700 Jun 26, 2018
Jun 19, 2018 Attacking References Individually Jun 19, 2018
Jun 14, 2018 Honda has Improper TC3700 Rejection Reversed By the PTAB Jun 14, 2018
Jun 11, 2018 Fuji's Appeal Arguments on Functional Features Falls Short Jun 11, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 Mohawk Tribe Sovereign Immunity Oral Arguments Jun 5, 2018
Jun 4, 2018 Durance - Important Rules Related to Ex Parte Appeal Practice at the PTAB Jun 4, 2018
Jun 4, 2018 PTAB Reverses in Milwaukee's Reciprocating Saw Appeal Based on Functional Language Jun 4, 2018

May 2018

May 31, 2018 What's going on in TC 3700? May 31, 2018
May 24, 2018 Handwaving Does Not Work For Anticipation May 24, 2018
May 21, 2018 BRI - PTAB Confirms Unreasonable Interpretation Improper May 21, 2018
May 17, 2018 Reversed, with authority May 17, 2018
May 16, 2018 Rejections based on the "Capable Of" Test May 16, 2018
May 14, 2018 Tips and Tricks: Filing a PPH Request in the United States May 14, 2018
May 8, 2018 Great IP Advice from Jimmy Buffett May 8, 2018

April 2018

Apr 30, 2018 Arguing Mutual Exclusivity With Respect to Restriction Requirements Apr 30, 2018
Apr 26, 2018 Vanda, Part II Apr 26, 2018
Apr 24, 2018 Gorsuch - A Patent Attorney's Hero Apr 24, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 Wonderland and Smith -- Not so fast PTAB Apr 23, 2018
Apr 18, 2018 Vanda and Patent Eligibility for Diagnostics Apr 18, 2018
Apr 13, 2018 Breath of Fresh Air Apr 13, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 Rise Up or Roll Over - which is best when responding to restrictions? Apr 9, 2018
Apr 6, 2018 Important Limits from the Federal Circuit on the use of "Ordinary Creativity" Apr 6, 2018
Apr 3, 2018 More on Possession of Negative Claim limitations Apr 3, 2018

March 2018

Mar 27, 2018 Tinder v. Bumble Follow-Up -- GUI Design Patents Sure do Come in Handy Mar 27, 2018
Mar 22, 2018 Attacking “obvious to try” rejections Mar 22, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 Tinder v. Bumble -- Even a Software Company Sometimes Needs to Use Its IP Mar 21, 2018
Mar 15, 2018 PTAB Dissents in Ex Parte Appeals Mar 15, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 10,000,000 Mar 13, 2018
Mar 8, 2018 NXP Semiconductors handily overcomes "election by original presentation" Mar 8, 2018
Mar 5, 2018 Why so difficult? Mar 5, 2018

February 2018

Feb 16, 2018 New Ground of Rejection in Examiner's Answer Feb 16, 2018
Feb 8, 2018 Control System Block Diagrams Feb 8, 2018
Feb 5, 2018 Method claim steps in a patent application are presumed not to require a specific order Feb 5, 2018

January 2018

Jan 29, 2018 Life Tech. Experiences the Practical Interplay Between Written Description and Prior Art Rejections Jan 29, 2018
Jan 25, 2018 Ordinary and Customary Meaning Evidenced by the Cited Art Jan 25, 2018
Jan 23, 2018 MR. IP LAW Blog Recognized as one of the Top 100 Intellectual Property Blogs Jan 23, 2018
Jan 19, 2018 Is it a "technical problem" or a "business problem"? - Your Success on Appeal Might Depend On It Jan 19, 2018
Jan 18, 2018 Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc.: A Refreshing Affirmation of Patent Eligibility Jan 18, 2018
Jan 16, 2018 Dismissed as Moot Jan 16, 2018
Jan 11, 2018 Facebook loses Section 101 appeal related to sponsoring content in news feeds based on the users' connections. Jan 11, 2018
Jan 9, 2018 Restrictions Repeated But Never Made Final Jan 9, 2018
Jan 4, 2018 Philips Uses Coordinated Appeal and Petition Jan 4, 2018
Jan 2, 2018 Keg treatment patent applicant faced with improper restrictions mixing up Unity and Intended Use Jan 2, 2018

December 2017

Dec 27, 2017 Federal Circuit Extinguishes Incomplete PTAB Rejections In Future Proceedings Dec 27, 2017
Dec 21, 2017 PTAB Holiday Decision Dec 21, 2017
Dec 18, 2017 Patent Office Examiners Cannot Rely on Happenstance for Inherency Dec 18, 2017
Dec 5, 2017 Election by Original Presentation Dec 5, 2017

November 2017

Nov 20, 2017 Ex Parte Appeals and Waiver Nov 20, 2017
Nov 9, 2017 Winning Section 101 Reversals at the PTAB is Tough - Virtual Machine Claims Struck Down Nov 9, 2017

October 2017

Oct 31, 2017 Halloween Prior Art Appeal at PTAB Oct 31, 2017
Oct 23, 2017 Rolls-Royce Uses Declaration Evidence To Win Patent Appeal Oct 23, 2017
Oct 19, 2017 FOIA Follow-Up... More on Improper Restrictions Oct 19, 2017
Oct 12, 2017 Knowing When To Petition Oct 12, 2017
Oct 5, 2017 Petitioning a Lack of Search Burden Oct 5, 2017

September 2017

Sep 28, 2017 The power of Only Sep 28, 2017
Sep 25, 2017 Mere Attorney Argument Sep 25, 2017
Sep 21, 2017 How the Sovereign Immunity Defense Could Change Tech Transfer Patent Ownership Structures Sep 21, 2017
Sep 15, 2017 NVIDIA Calls out USPTO for Improper Reliance on Admissions Sep 15, 2017
Sep 11, 2017 All Prior Art Teachings of a Reference Must Be Considered Sep 11, 2017
Sep 5, 2017 Statistics and Appeal Strategies Sep 5, 2017
Sep 1, 2017 Why the USPTO does not have to follow the Supreme Court (according to the USPTO) Sep 1, 2017

August 2017

Aug 30, 2017 Remember the PPH Aug 30, 2017
Aug 23, 2017 Design Patents and Provisional Applications Aug 23, 2017
Aug 10, 2017 Hindsight Aug 10, 2017
Aug 7, 2017 Playboy Knocks Out Wireless A/V Patent Aug 7, 2017

July 2017

Jul 24, 2017 PTAB Double Talk Jul 24, 2017
Jul 17, 2017 Strategies for Making an Election Responsive to a Restriction Jul 17, 2017
Jul 13, 2017 Conditional Limitations In Control System Claims Jul 13, 2017
Jul 10, 2017 Multiple Patent Drafters Can Make a Better Patent Application Jul 10, 2017
Jul 7, 2017 Petitions and Restrictions Jul 7, 2017

June 2017

Jun 29, 2017 Written Description and Possession - the specification does not need to exclude items different from what is claimed Jun 29, 2017
Jun 26, 2017 Jun 26, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 Re-opening Prosecution with a new Final rejection after an Appeal Jun 22, 2017
Jun 19, 2017 Ban on Offenstive Trademarks found Unconstitutional Jun 19, 2017
Jun 9, 2017 Who gets to use advantages of the invention to justify their position - the Applicant or the Examiner? Jun 9, 2017

May 2017

May 30, 2017 Failing to take note and respond May 30, 2017
May 24, 2017 Patent Prosecution and Tennis May 24, 2017
May 19, 2017 Restriction After Appeal? May 19, 2017
May 15, 2017 AIPLA Legislative Fix to Section 101 May 15, 2017
May 12, 2017 Layers of Amendments May 12, 2017
May 2, 2017 Examiner Data May 2, 2017

April 2017

Apr 29, 2017 Drafting Tips For User Inputs Apr 29, 2017
Apr 21, 2017 Improper Restrictions Apr 21, 2017
Apr 10, 2017 Regulatory Reform at the Patent Office Apr 10, 2017

February 2017

Feb 19, 2017 Supreme Court Litigant Speaks to Oregon Bar Feb 19, 2017

January 2017

Jan 16, 2017 RCE Avoidance Jan 16, 2017

December 2016

Dec 24, 2016 Unreasonably Broad Interpretations Dec 24, 2016
Dec 13, 2016 Why A Patent Application Describes More Than Just The Invention Dec 13, 2016

November 2016

Nov 21, 2016 Swearing Behind with A Draft Patent Application Nov 21, 2016
Nov 10, 2016 Negative Claim Limitations Being Ignored Nov 10, 2016
Nov 4, 2016 Automotive Component Trade Show Seizures Nov 4, 2016
Nov 2, 2016 Overcoming Alice with Technical Solutions Nov 2, 2016

October 2016

Oct 28, 2016 Narrowing Amendments Invoking New Alice Rejection Oct 28, 2016
Oct 18, 2016 Prosecution Disclaimer Oct 18, 2016
Oct 14, 2016 Priority Oct 14, 2016
Oct 1, 2016 Possession Oct 1, 2016

September 2016

Sep 13, 2016 Figure Dimensions Sep 13, 2016
Sep 5, 2016 Arguing Obviousness - Road De-icing Example Sep 5, 2016
Sep 2, 2016 Tire Tread Design Patents Sep 2, 2016

August 2016

Aug 30, 2016 Apple, Taxes, and Intellectual Property Aug 30, 2016
Aug 15, 2016 Design Patent Strategy Aug 15, 2016
Aug 11, 2016 Common Sense and Obviousness Aug 11, 2016
Aug 8, 2016 Outdoor Retailer Aug 8, 2016
Aug 1, 2016 BMW Wins Reversal of Automatic Braking Claim Rejection Aug 1, 2016
Aug 1, 2016 Medical Infomatics Claim Construction Aug 1, 2016

July 2016

Jul 26, 2016 Burdens in an IPR Jul 26, 2016
Jul 19, 2016 Patents and The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Jul 19, 2016
Jul 13, 2016 Multiple Dependent Claims Jul 13, 2016
Jul 12, 2016 Design Patent Obviousness in Heavy Industry Jul 12, 2016
Jul 10, 2016 PTAB Takes Down MIT's Quantum Dot Claims Jul 10, 2016
Jul 5, 2016 USPTO's Fallacious BRI Reasoning Jul 5, 2016

June 2016

Jun 28, 2016 How (not) to Lose an Appeal Jun 28, 2016
Jun 19, 2016 Difficulties in Claiming Indicia Jun 19, 2016
Jun 8, 2016 PTAB Finds Gas Turbine Engine Claims With "about" Indefinite Jun 8, 2016

May 2016

May 27, 2016 Inherent Advantages are Not New Matter May 27, 2016
May 21, 2016 PTAB Reverses Rejection of Connected Car Invention May 21, 2016
May 18, 2016 Automotive Storage Design Avoids Infringement of Negative Claim Limitation May 18, 2016
May 16, 2016 Unintended Consequences of the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation (BRI) Standard May 16, 2016
May 12, 2016 Enfish and Patent Elibigility May 12, 2016
May 9, 2016 More New Guidlines on Section 101 Eligibility from the USPTO May 9, 2016

April 2016

Apr 27, 2016 Hair Cutting and Engineering Design Apr 27, 2016
Apr 20, 2016 Petitioning Incomplete Rejections Apr 20, 2016
Apr 15, 2016 PTAB Oral Proceedings at Satellite Offices Apr 15, 2016

March 2016

Mar 25, 2016 Means Claims Mar 25, 2016
Mar 23, 2016 What is the USPTO afraid of? Mar 23, 2016
Mar 9, 2016 Design Choice Mar 9, 2016

February 2016

Feb 29, 2016 Double Standards Feb 29, 2016
Feb 29, 2016 Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Feb 29, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 The Problem/Solution Approach to Alice Feb 22, 2016
Feb 15, 2016 What Constitutes a Prima Facia Case Under Alice Feb 15, 2016
Feb 10, 2016 Federal Circuit Giving Away the Farm Feb 10, 2016
Feb 3, 2016 Arguing Obviousness Feb 3, 2016

January 2016

Jan 25, 2016 Giving Away The Invention Jan 25, 2016
Jan 17, 2016 Teaching Away, Inoperable Combinations, and Result-Effective Variables Jan 17, 2016
Jan 13, 2016 Babe Ruth's Contract Kills On-line Bidding Patent Jan 13, 2016
Jan 6, 2016 Another Abstract Idea Jan 6, 2016
Jan 5, 2016 Procedures After the Examiner is Reversed by the Board Jan 5, 2016

December 2015

Dec 24, 2015 Subject Matter Conflicts of Interest Dec 24, 2015
Dec 1, 2015 Patent Protection for Product Lines Dec 1, 2015

November 2015

Nov 24, 2015 More on Negative Claim Limitations from the CAFC Nov 24, 2015
Nov 17, 2015 Selecting the Right Group to Maximize Chances for Overturning a Restriction Nov 17, 2015
Nov 9, 2015 More Data on Result of Filing an Appeal Brief Nov 9, 2015
Nov 2, 2015 Anticipating Negative Claim Limitations Nov 2, 2015

October 2015

Oct 26, 2015 Powerful Declarations (by the inventors of the prior art) Oct 26, 2015
Oct 21, 2015 Indefinite Indefiniteness Rejections Oct 21, 2015
Oct 15, 2015 Results of Filing an Appeal Brief Oct 15, 2015
Oct 6, 2015 Re-opening Prosecution Responsive to an Appeal Brief Oct 6, 2015
Oct 3, 2015 The other Section 101 Rejection Oct 3, 2015

September 2015

Sep 29, 2015 When Teaching Away Does NOT Help Patentability Sep 29, 2015
Sep 24, 2015 Restrictions that are rejections in disguise Sep 24, 2015
Sep 18, 2015 Expedited Appeals for Small Businesses Sep 18, 2015
Sep 18, 2015 Figure-Based Restrictions Sep 18, 2015
Sep 14, 2015 Allowed but for Alice Sep 14, 2015
Sep 10, 2015 Dynamic Drinkware - A Unique American Rule Sep 10, 2015
Sep 8, 2015 Full Scope of the Problem Sep 8, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 All Business in Writing Sep 3, 2015

August 2015

Aug 31, 2015 FOIA Request to obtain Decisions on Petitions Against Restrictions Aug 31, 2015
Aug 25, 2015 Double Patenting - Danger for Start-ups Aug 25, 2015
Aug 21, 2015 Overlap in Scope Aug 21, 2015
Aug 19, 2015 More on the USPTO and FOIA Exemption 7(A) Aug 19, 2015
Aug 19, 2015 FOIA Requests and Exemption 7(A) at the USPTO Aug 19, 2015
Aug 13, 2015 Impact of Restriction Requirements Aug 13, 2015
Aug 6, 2015 More on FOIA requests at the USPTO Aug 6, 2015
Aug 5, 2015 Examiner turned Inventor Aug 5, 2015
Aug 4, 2015 Improper Final Rejections Aug 4, 2015

July 2015

Jul 31, 2015 New USPTO Eligibility Guidelines (July 2015) Jul 31, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 The National Inventor Hall of Fame and Alice Jul 30, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests at the USPTO Jul 28, 2015