PTAB Erred in Instituting Inter Partes Review on Ground Not Asserted by Petitioners
Last week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released a precedential decision holding, inter alia, that the USPTO…
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USPTO Initiatives lead to the Quickest Issuance of First Actions Since 2002
Each year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) publishes a comprehensive document detailing statistics, achievements, and future goals…
What Happens to Claim Scope When “Comprise” and “Consists Of” Are Used Together in the Same Claim?
On January 7, 2020, in Amgen Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, the CAFC decided that the open ended term “comprising” controlled,…
“Light Up” Your Holiday Season
The holiday season is upon us! As our part of the hemisphere gets colder, we prepare ourselves for the festive…
You say “potato,” USPTO says … “dough”: when the broadest reasonable interpretation is unreasonable
The USPTO examiners use the broadest reasonable interpretation (BRI) when construing claims during examination of patent applications. The BRI standard…
HSA and retirement?
Open Enrollment Choices? With open enrollment happening right now or very soon for most United States-based companies, it is worth…