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3 Tips for Avoiding Having to File a Budapest Treaty Declaration When Prosecuting Patent Applications on Biological Materials

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The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is an international agreement to establish a uniform system for depositing microorganisms and other...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Best Practices for Protecting Transparent and Translucent Designs

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Design patents in the U.S. typically include two types of shading. The first and most common type of shading used in U.S. design patents is opaque shading, which illustrates a non-transparent or non-translucent surface of an...more

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Reissue and the Original Patent Doctrine

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As mentioned in last month’s IP Practice Tips, reissue applications are subject to additional legal doctrines founded in requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 251. One doctrine that has been operative since the first reissue statute...more

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USPTO: AI Use in Invention Process Does Not Foreclose Patentability

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In accordance with an executive order on the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) published guidance on February 13, 2024, that explained that a human can obtain a...more

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