November 5, 2021
Ex parte Kuhlmann, is a recent decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) addressing prima facie obviousness of a polymer composition. The substance of
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October 29, 2021
Ex parte Lindenblatt, is a recent decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) addressing evidence of unexpected results. In Ex parte Lindenblatt, the claim
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October 22, 2021
Recently, the Federal Circuit, in SRI Int’l v. Cisco Sys., 2020-1685 (Fed. Cir. Sep. 28, 2021), clarified the confusion caused by an earlier remand to the
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October 13, 2021
Equivalence is a common tool used by Examiners to demonstrate the obviousness of a claimed component that is known to be interchangeable with a component in
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October 8, 2021
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” This is also true, and sometimes may be even more so, in patent applications. However, one should be careful
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October 1, 2021
Process (or method) claims recite one or more actions or steps to be performed. For example: a process for producing NaCl, comprising steps A, B and
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September 24, 2021
Ex parte Slark, is a recent decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) addressing whether the changes to a prior art composition that would
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September 17, 2021
In a decision helpful to companies involved in the formulation of generally known ingredients (e.g., lubricants, glass, shampoos, cosmetics, etc.), the PTAB in Ex parte DeGeorge
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September 10, 2021
In Ex parte Johnson, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) rejected an Examiner’s construction of a claim term because it conflicted with the meaning given in other patents from analogous art. The
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September 3, 2021
In Ex parte Sharma (Appeal 2020-004468), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) considered the Examiner’s obviousness rejection of Appellant’s claimed method of treating once-through steam
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