If a maintenance fee on a US patent has not been paid in a timely manner and the owner of the patent wants to get the patent rights reinstated, a petition and proper fees are required. A petition to reinstate
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Prosecution Pointer 406
In the USPTO’s Patent Center, saved submissions will be stored for 14 days.Read more
Federal Circuit Follows Through on Amgen Enablement Analysis in Baxalta Inc. v. Genentech
Fitness Franchise Hamstrings Naked Licensing Defense on Summary Judgment
Licensing trademarks to franchisees can be a valuable and successful business model—think McDonald’s, Papa John’s, Dunkin’, Orangetheory—but it also comes with some risks. One of those risks is naked licensing, which occurs when a licensor (or franchisor) fails to adequately…
Prosecution Pointer 405
In the USPTO’s Patent Center, specifications, claims, abstracts and drawings are the only application parts that can be submitted in .docx.Read more
Interview, Interview, Interview! Part 3: Conducting the Examiner Interview
Prosecuting a patent application may be viewed as a negotiation. The practitioner’s objective: to obtain the desired claim scope for your client; minimize amendments/arguments that might reduce the scope of literal claim coverage or even claim coverage under the doctrine…
Interview, Interview, Interview! Part 2: Interview to Expedite Prosecution
Examiners do not have much time to search and act on a single application. In addition, often the subject matter is highly complex. An interview can be an ideal teaching opportunity with charts, tables, pictures, and other means of disseminating…
5-Hour Energy Feeling Recharged After Competitor’s False Advertising Claim Dismissed
Companies spend an immense amount of time on advertising and sending out messages to consumers. Competitors often do not like or agree with those messages. But can competitors turn that dislike into a claim for false advertising under the Lanham…
Prosecution Pointer 404
The USPTO announced a new Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program. The pilot program is designed to accelerate improvements in the semiconductor industry by expediting examination of patent applications for certain semiconductor manufacturing innovations. Qualifying nonprovisional utility patent applications, directed to certain…
Interview, Interview, Interview! Part 1: When to Interview a Case?
Examiner interviews are a highly useful tool for not only helping the examiner to understand the invention described in the application, but also for helping the practitioner understand the examiner’s concerns about patentability.Read more