Having previously identified the COVID-19 outbreak as an “extraordinary situation” under 37 CFR 1.183, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu is exercising sua sponte authority to implement a COVID-19 prioritized examination pilot...more
The Federal Circuit recently held claims for a personalized medicine treatment were patent eligible and valid. The claims at issue were directed toward administering specific dosages of a drug in the presence or absence of a...more
Public sales which do not themselves disclose an invention nonetheless continue to be available as prior art events after the America Invents Act (AIA). Innovators must file US patent applications within one year of any sale...more
The Federal Circuit Friday held in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc. that Sequenom’s patent directed toward its MaterniT21 test—involving methods of detecting and using cell-free fetal DNA— was invalid for lack of...more