Tag Archives: AIPLA

Board Decision in Ex Parte Roberts Doesn’t Make the Cut

This 2008 pre-Bilski decision is of interest since the Board purportedly applied the Diamond v Diehr “standard” – “[t}ransformation and reduction of an article ‘to a different state or thing’ is the clue to the patentability of a process claim … Continue reading

Posted in Patenting Methods/Processes | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Congratulations

MERCEDES K. MYER, J.D., Ph.D., a partner at Drinker Biddle in DC was recently nominated (read “appointed”) to the Board of Directors of AIPLA. She was a the PTO Relations Subcommittee Chair when I was chair of the Biotechnology Committee … Continue reading

Posted in People | Tagged , , | Leave a comment