On Oral Hearings
Recently, some Applicants have been declining oral hearings during ex parte appeals to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Modal PLLC believes oral hearings… Read More »On Oral Hearings
March 2021
Mother Popcorn
Over the past few weeks, we considered Case 5 of the Comparative Study on Hypothetical/Real Cases: Novelty (November 2009), based on the specification of continuation-in-part… Read More »Mother Popcorn
Announcing Nodal
Long-time readers of the blog know Modal conducts a free, biweekly US Prosecution Study Group. The Study Group follows the US prosecutions of Japan-origin cases… Read More »Announcing Nodal
Only a Few Kernels of Wisdom
Last week, this blog began reviewing Case 5 of the Comparative Study on Hypothetical/Real Cases: Novelty (November 2009), which is based on In re Schreiber,… Read More »Only a Few Kernels of Wisdom
The Popcorn Case
We received a question about Case 5 of the Comparative Study on Hypothetical/Real Cases: Novelty (November 2009). Case 5 is based on In re Schreiber,… Read More »The Popcorn Case