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Director Kappos Kills Prosecution Regulations Package

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Warren Woessner

Two years of fear and loathing have ended, as the USPTO has announced that it is rescinding the “Continuations” and “Claims” rules that have been hanging over the heads of practitioners, and will move to dismiss/vacate the pending lawsuit over … Continue reading →

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Patent Office Provides Slideshow to Examiners to Assist in Testing Claims for Statutory Subject Matter

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Warren Woessner

As a supplement to the “instructions” discussed in my last post, the PTO has now provided a compact slideshow to Examiners to assist them in evaluating claims for statutorily patentable machines, processes or compostions of matter. Ironically,the flowcharts are a … Continue reading →

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PTO Issues Interim Examination Instructions for Patentable Subject Matter and Invites Comments

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Warren Woessner

On August 24, the PTO issued interim instructions (not rules) to guide Examiners post-Bilski. I did not see this as a major event, given that the Supreme Court will soon be reviewing the Bilski “machine or transformation” (M or T) … Continue reading →

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GETTING TO ALLOWANCE – SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CLIENTS

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Warren Woessner

1. Tell Your Patent Attorney What You Want Your Patent To Do. IP attorneys are continuously told that we should be business partners with our clients, not just patent scribes. But there are lots of ways to protect an invention. … Continue reading →

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