In April 2024, BioPharmaTrend published a comprehensive review of the past and current state of artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery, using the 2012 advent of modern deep learning as a starting point. The review...more
Speeding up patent prosecution and quickly obtaining an issued patent is generally a good thing. The earlier a patent is issued, the earlier it can protect a product and be enforced against third party infringers. And...more
USPTO Launches New Patent Search Tool - In a press release issued earlier this year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the launch of a new Patent Public Search tool. The Office notes that the new patent...more
Continuing hostilities by the Russian Federation in Ukraine have garnered a number of responses from countries around the world. These include responses from patent offices, including the United States Patent and Trademark...more
Major patent offices around the world have long been aware of backlog and redundancy issues facing the global patent landscape. As previously reviewed, the Patent Prosecution (PPH) program aims to accelerate examination...more
Business factors typically drive many strategy decisions in terms of patent prosecution in foreign jurisdictions. Factors that influence these decisions might include the likelihood of foreign competition, the size of foreign...more
The October 2020 issue of Sterne Kessler's Global Patent Prosecution newsletter discusses the factors you need to consider when filing strategies to protect your innovations in Asia and reviews the benefits for using the...more
In April, the Supreme People’s Court of China published a draft for comment for “Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Administrative Cases Involving Patent Authorization and...more
The outer space industry is growing in scale and diversity. By 2040, the global outer space industry could generate revenue of more than $1 trillion. And outer space projects are increasingly becoming entirely commercial...more
Preparing and prosecuting medical device patents can be unique and challenging. Patent owners and practitioners often must consider a wide range of converging technologies from the mechanical, electrical, chemical, and...more
The July 2020 issue of Sterne Kessler's Global Patent Prosecution newsletter discusses a patent law loophole pertinent when obtaining and enforcing patents for inventions that can be made, used, or sold in outer space. In...more
This article discusses aspects of ex parte appeals of patent applications before the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). A patent applicant may appeal (submit a re-examination request) an examiner’s...more
What does Amazon making children shows like "Peppa Pig" available for free during the COVID-19 crisis have in common with the current operating status of the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority in Botswana? Well,...more
The May 2020 issue of the Global Patent Prosecution newsletter discusses various initiatives by WIPO in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the recently launched COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker and the new search facility...more
This article discusses challenges in prosecuting bioinformatics patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Bioinformatics generally refers to an interdisciplinary field in which computer...more
Prosecuting Bioinformatics Patent Applications in the United States, Europe, and China - The bioinformatics market is a multi-billion dollar industry, expecting to nearly double in a few years. However, seeking patent...more
On December 19, 2019, the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (HKIPD) will launch a new patent system as the result of the Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 and the Patents (General) (Amendment) Rules 2019. Under the...more
A recent change in Singapore has done away with the ability of an applicant to rely on a positive foreign examination result or the international preliminary report on patentability (IPRP) to request supplementary...more
Recent Changes to the Patent Laws in Singapore and Hong Kong - Autumn appears to be a popular time to amend patent rules/laws as a number of jurisdictions have done so. In addition to formality changes in Canada and India,...more
With the implementation of the America Invents Act and the United States moving to a first-to-file regime, there is greater time pressure to file patent applications than ever before. When patent protection in ex-US...more
Use of Post-Filing Data to Support Patentability - The use of post-filing data to support patentability can be a mechanism to alleviate time pressures related to first-to-file patent regimes. However, the admissibility of...more
This article discusses foreign filing requirements in China. Assuming mainland China is the country of invention, the following questions are explored: (1) who needs to seek permission to file a patent application outside...more
This article discusses foreign filing requirements in the United States. Assuming the United States is the country of invention, the following questions are explored: (1) who needs to seek permission to file a patent...more
Survey of Foreign Filing Requirements in the United States, China, and Europe - Many governments require approval of technical subject matter described in patent applications in the form of a foreign filing license prior...more