Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China
Requesters should make sure to double cite to non-provisional and provisional if they require a provisional filing date for prior art....more
In the mid-2000s, the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) determined that reexaminations would be more consistent and legally correct if performed by a centralized set of experienced and specially trained Examiners. As a result, the...more
Takeaways: - Patent owner requested reexaminations are not an admission of claim unpatentability. - Patent owners can and should control the reexamination request narrative. Patent owners must consider the pros and...more
From time to time, a patent owner may become aware of an error in her patent. Some errors may be minor, and the patent owner may seek correction of minor errors via a USPTO Certificate of Correction (CoC). With a CoC, the...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 20th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes & the 40th Anniversary of the Hatch-Waxman Act returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will take a retrospective look at...more
In Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu, the Federal Circuit held that the USPTO cannot charge a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) deduction for “applicant delay” during a period when the applicant “could have done nothing to...more
Recently, the Chinese Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) published a written decision where patentee Chen He’s Electric Unicycle patent (CN102275621B) was invalidated based, partly, on a failure to establish sufficient domestic...more