Monthly Minute | Provisional Patent Applications
This Federal Circuit Opinion analyzed collateral estoppel and the extent to which the non-provisional document would benefit from the provisional application’s priority date, as it relates to Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)....more
Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Dyk, O’Malley, and Wallach. Appeal from the PTAB. Summary: A priority claim must be explicitly stated in the patent and cannot be incorporated by reference from an earlier patent. ...more