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
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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
Japanese Translation of “Configured To”
Our post entitled “Configured To” has been translated into Japanese by Oshima Yoshitaka-san of Beikoku Patent Translation Lab. The translation is available here.
Foreign Filing Licenses
Commonly, a foreign parent company makes patent protection decisions for its subsidiary companies. Therefore, the US subsidiary informs the foreign parent about any inventions on… Read More »Foreign Filing Licenses
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
Claiming an Invention, not a Product
US patent attorneys sometimes suggest removing description of the related art or even the advantage from a patent application. I understand the idea, but I… Read More »Claiming an Invention, not a Product
USPTO under Biden?
As the last few states count their ballots, it appears Joe Biden will be elected President of the US. A little under four years ago,… Read More »USPTO under Biden?
Wikipedia
Elsewhere, I recently mentioned the USPTO does not permit reliance on Wikipedia, even for background information. I then learned the European Patent Office permits use… Read More »Wikipedia
Checking 37 CFR 1.97(e)(1) Certifications
Now that we covered how to make the Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) certification under 37 CFR 1.97(e), we can discuss how to check a certification. … Read More »Checking 37 CFR 1.97(e)(1) Certifications
Foreign IDS Certification
Information Disclosure Statements (IDSes) filed under 37 CFR 1.97 (c) or (d) can include a certification statement. One of these statements is “that each item… Read More »Foreign IDS Certification