On December 8, Partner Nena Bains and Counsel Yifan Mao presented “Best Practices in Patent Drafting: Addressing 112 and Enablement After Amgen” at the 24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute organized by...more
Obtaining a traditional utility patent is often a long and strenuous process. Although fast track prosecution procedures may be available, they are often costly and cumbersome. But entrepreneurs often want to obtain patent...more
Inventions with numerical ranges are valuable across different technologies. Obtaining claims with numerical ranges provide competitive advantages to patent owners. Frequently, a claimed range in an application may need to be...more
To satisfy the written description requirement under 35 U.S.C. 112, a patent specification must describe the claimed invention in such sufficient detail that a person of skilled in the art (POSA) can reasonably conclude that...more
“A written description . . . requires a statement of an invention, not an invitation to go on a hunting expedition to patch together after the fact a synthetic definition of an invention.” For claims reciting ranges,...more
Intellectual Property counsel often face the dilemma of when to file a patent application: as soon as possible, or wait and gather more support? Filing an application “early” helps to avoid anticipatory prior art but if the...more
As part of the Life Sciences Patent Network’s 2018 NORTH AMERICA-FALL Conference, Chemistry & Life Sciences Associate Yifan Mao led a roundtable discussion group on “How Do We Ensure Effective Protection of Antibodies?” Well...more
In connection with the White House Cancer Moonshot Initiative, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced on June 29 that it is “Teaming Up to Cure Cancer” by establishing a new accelerated process for...more