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Due May 24 — Comments On Improving Patent Quality Metrics
Many patent attorneys received a notice recently, copied below, alerting them to efforts by the US Patent Office to improve patent quality. The notice references a “Master Review Form”. A preliminary version can be found at: http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/MRF.pdf Not only does … Continue reading
Posted in Patent Eligible Subject Matter
Tagged intellectual property, IP law tools, Patent Law, USPTO, Warren Woessner
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New (and Improved?) PTO Guidelines on Biotech Patent-Eligibility
The PTO has released a new set of life sciences’ examples to teach Examiners how and when to reject claims and, hopefully, teach the patent bar how to write allowable claims. (A copy if found at the end of this … Continue reading
Posted in Patent Eligible Subject Matter
Tagged biotechnology, biotechnology law, intellectual property, ip, Patent Law, USPTO, Warren Woessner
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Justice Breyer to Diagnostic Test Patentees – “Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here.”
Kevin Noonan recently posted an article entitled “The Fantastical World of Justice Stephen Breyer” that demonstrates, via Breyer’s quotes during various oral arguments, his suspicion that the patent system is, for example, issuing broad, hard to understand, claims that lead … Continue reading
Myriad vs. Mayo – Detection vs. Processing at the Fed. Cir.
Rapid Litigation Mgmt v. CellzDirect: Splitting Detection of a Natural Phenomenon from its Application to Yield a Product. Courtenay G. Brinkerhoff at pharmapatentsblog.com summarized the oral arguments at the Fed. Cir. (App. No. 15-1570) conducted on April 5, 2016 in … Continue reading