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USPTO Clarifies Rules for Reviving Abandoned Patent Applications
- 03.31.2020
A patent application may go abandoned for failure to timely respond to a communication from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This is not the end of the road for the application. The patent application may be revived by filing a petition under […]
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Patent Alert: USPTO Coronavirus Relief
- 03.23.2020
The #USPTO has provided relief for #patent applicants affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. The relief includes a waiver of the petition fee reviving abandoned patent #applications. To qualify, you should promptly file the revival petition under 37 CPR 1. 137(a) and include with the petition […]
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Patent Alert
- 03.05.2020
Effective 3/1 USPTO PCT International search fee increases from $1,016 to $1,036
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Patent Procurement in 2019: Observations by an Outside Counsel
- 03.02.2020
The foregoing are my takeaways from 2019. I hope you find them helpful. 101 Rejections post 2019 USPTO Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines: I had an Interesting discussion with an OPLA attorney regarding patent eligibility of AI and machine learning. It appears that many […]
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PTAB on Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
- 03.01.2020
Practice Note: For patent-eligible subject matter, when drafting claims focus on the technical element achieving the technical solution. Specifically, you should recite how the technical element/solution improves the prior art systems. Additionally, you should describe in the specification the technical problems associated with the prior […]
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Software patent claims directed towards data transmission error checking are patent-eligible
- 02.26.2020
On Nov. 15, 2019, the Federal Circuit reversed the decision of the District Court in Koninklijke KPN N.V. v. Gemalto M2M GMBH et al., addressing 35 USC § 101, ruling that the software patent claims directed towards data transmission error checking were patent-eligible. KPN sued […]
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Patent Typos Can be Fatal!
- 12.04.2019
Practice Note: This case goes on to show that everything we say in a patent application can and will be used against us in a litigation. Therefore, even a small typo can be fatal!
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Persian Women in Tech Austin
- 11.30.2019
Congrats to our colleague and friend Mrs. Azadeh Khadem on having been selected to be among the esteemed panelist of Persian Women in Tech Austin. She is a fantastic patent attorney!
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My takeaways from the USPTO’s Forum on Brand Protection and Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies
- 06.14.2019
The Forum on Brand Protection and Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies held last week at the USPTO was an eye-opening event for me personally. Below is a quick summary of my takeaways, followed by a longer version of the discussion. Summary During the forum, there were two main […]
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A conversation with Vint Cerf – May 23, 2019
- 05.14.2019
“One of the ‘fathers of the internet,’ Vinton G. Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the original architecture of the online world. Currently vice president and chief internet evangelist for Google, he contributes to global policy development and the continued spread of […]
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