Patent Law Weblog
Category: Patent Prosecution
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By Donald Zuhn — In a Decision on Petition issued in April, and signed by Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Robert W. Bahr, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused to vacate a Notice to File Missing Parts of Nonprovisional Application mailed on August 8, 2019 in U.S. Application No. 16/524,350. The '350 application,…
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By Donald Zuhn — Today, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) published a list of the top 100 worldwide universities that received the most U.S. utility patents during the 2019 calendar year. The NAI is a member organization comprising U.S. and international universities, and governmental and non-profit research…
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Life Sciences "Top 53" By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 37th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2019"). Patent Docs readers may recall that the U.S. Patent and…
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Life Sciences Top 49 By Donald Zuhn — Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) announced the release of its 36th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2018"). Patent Docs Readers may recall that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office stopped…
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By Michael Borella — Opening scene . . . our intrepid patent attorney arrives early at her office for a productive day at work. With morning coffee sitting next to her monitor, she opens her email. She finds a few messages from clients and colleagues, as well as a new office action from the USPTO. Curious,…
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By Michael Borella — Introduction It seems like everyone is talking about artificial intelligence, especially the subset thereof referred to as machine learning. While some of the discussion is cast in terms of politically-stirred angst about human jobs being replaced by robots or algorithms, a more informed and rational dialog would also set forth machine learning…
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By Kevin E. Noonan – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched a pilot program on July 1st termed Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) that will enable an applicant to have searching performed by all five of the major global patent offices (the USPTO, European Patent Office (EPO), Chinese Patent Office (SIPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO),…
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Life Sciences Top 54 By Donald Zuhn — Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) announced the release of its 35th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. patents (see "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2017"). Patent Docs Readers may recall that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office stopped releasing…
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced earlier today that it has issued U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000. The '000 patent, entitled "Coherent Ladar Using Intra-Pixel Quadrature Detection," is directed to a frequency modulated (coherent) laser detection and ranging system, which the Office indicated "symbolizes the breadth of American invention, with applications…
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By James Korenchan — At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Patent Policy Conference last month, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Andrei Iancu (at right) gave a keynote address on the role of U.S. patent policy in domestic innovation and the potential impacts on investment towards the advancement of science and technology. The primary…
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