Do You Believe in Magic?
When I speak to foreign practitioners about US patent law, I am sometimes asked to teach them a trick. It’s a great conversational idea, and… Read More »Do You Believe in Magic?
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Different Serial Numbers?
The USPTO’s Electronic Priority Document Exchange (PDX) Program relieves Applicants of the burden of submitting certified copies of their priority documents. Rather, the Applicant can… Read More »Different Serial Numbers?
AFCP Pending Appeal
We recently saw a practitioner request feedback regarding a potential strategy under the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) 2.0 Program. The practitioner noticed that an… Read More »AFCP Pending Appeal
Dependent Claim Drafting Strategy
In view of our continued emphasis on the importance of dependent claims during US patent prosecution, we often receive questions regarding what sort of features… Read More »Dependent Claim Drafting Strategy
New 101 Video on YouTube
We posted our February 2023 seminar entitled, “101 for Practitioners,” on our YouTube channel.
Broadly Interpreting References
We received a question about an Examiner broadly interpreting the prior art by generalizing its teachings and then applying a species within the generalized teachings… Read More »Broadly Interpreting References
The Onion Papers, Session C
Session C of The Onion Papers recently was posted to YouTube. This session considered non-statutory double patenting rejections, Terminal Disclaimers, and best practices for 2023.
JPO/USPTO Software-Related Inventions
At the outset, let’s make clear this blog post will be more academic than practical. Still, the explanation might (i) help practitioners understand reasons behind… Read More »JPO/USPTO Software-Related Inventions
The Inherency Two-Step
Non-US practitioners often ask us questions about inherency. So, let’s discuss why American patent practitioners and USPTO Examiners might frequently refer to inherency. Inherency occurs… Read More »The Inherency Two-Step
Japanese Translation of “Conditions Precedent” Precedent
Our “Conditions Precedent” Precedent post was recently translated into Japanese by our friends at Beikoku Patent Lab. コラム特許翻訳：クレームにおける「条件のif節」/ We will discuss a related topic during… Read More »Japanese Translation of “Conditions Precedent” Precedent