Recently, the USPTO published a rare Appeals Review Panel (ARP) decision in Ex parte Desjardins, Appeal 2024-000567, September 26, 2025 (“ARP Decision”), that reversed a finding of ineligible subject matter in a patent...more
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Last week, the USPTO published a rare Appeals Review Panel (ARP) decision in Ex parte Desjardins, Appeal 2024-000567, September 26, 2025 (“ARP Decision”), that reversed a finding of ineligible subject matter in a patent...more
Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Nesli Doran-Civan recently spoke about Third-party Prior Art Submissions at USPTO. Here are the 3 key takeaways from her presentation....more
35 U.S.C. 122(e) provides a mechanism for third parties to submit printed publications of potential relevance to the examination of a patent application to USPTO. This mechanism is called “third-party pre-issuance...more