Tag Archives: PTO

Biden’s Nominee to the Fed. Cir. is Perkins Coie Litigator

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Warren Woessner

Tiffany P. Cunningham is a partner in the patent litigation practice of Perkins Coie. Importantly, she has a degree in Chemical Engineering from M.I.T. before receiving her J.D. from Harvard. The Court is in need of a judge that is … Continue reading →

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USPTO Announces Program to Eliminate Filing Fees in Exchange for Early Publication of COVID-19 Applications

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Warren Woessner

Since all the other commentators are posting about this Notification, I thought I should say a few words as well. The USPTO will eliminate the filing fees for applicants who agree to publish their COVID-19-related provisional applications in a PTO-managed … Continue reading →

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PTO Releases New Guidelines on Subject Matter Eligibility

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Warren Woessner

On Oct. 17th, the PTO published Guidelines intended to supplement the Jan. 2019 Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines (“2019 PEG”). The Guidelines and associated Examples are extensive. Only two of the Examples (43 and 44) are concerned with the life sciences. … Continue reading →

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Ex Parte Smith: What We’ve Got Here Is A Failure To Communicate!

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Warren Woessner

In Ex parte Smith, Appeal No. 2016-007565 (PTAB, May 16, 2016), the Board reversed the examiner’s s.101 and 103 rejections of a claim to a modified flavivirus envelop (E) protein comprising a mutated envelop protein, where the unmodified E-To domain … Continue reading →

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