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Category Archives: Obviousness
USPTO Issues “2010 KSR Guidelines Update”
On September 1st, the Office of Patent Legal Administration (I didn’t know there was one) issued 17 pages in the Fed. Reg. (Vol. 75, 53643) updating its obviousness guidelines. (A copy of the guidelines is found at the end of … Continue reading
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Tagged biotechnology, biotechnology law, biotechnology news, intellectual property, ip, IP law tools, KSR, Patent Law, patents, USPTO, Warren Woessner
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CANCELLATION OF WARF STEM CELL CLAIMS: THE “DR. HYDE” SIDE OF KSR
Recently, in a notably unremarked decision, the Board reversed the Examiner, effectively canceling all of the claims to pluripotent human embryonic stem cells (ES) in Thomson (U.S. Pat. No. 7029913): The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights v. Patent of Wisconsin Alumni … Continue reading
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Tagged biotechnology law, Federal Circuit, intellectual property, Warren Woessner
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David Kappos and The Impact of KSR – A Unique Opportunity For Our Profession
By Paul Cole Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property Law, Bournemouth University, UK On Tuesday 24 November, David Kappos made a posting on the Director’s Forum including the following statement: Some have suggested that the Office is determining obviousness in a way … Continue reading
Federal Circuit Mows Down Bean Patent – Reading Between the Rows
On July 10, 2009, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in In re Pod-Ners, Appeal No. 2008-1492, affirmed the Board’s rejection of all of the claims of U.S. Pat. No. 5,894,079. The Board had rejected as obvious claims … Continue reading