“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…
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Happy Halloween! A Brief History and a Few Patents associated with Halloween
Here is a quick look at the history behind Halloween and a few fun inventions that we all turn to…
Use of Drug in a Difficult-to-Treat Disease Not Obvious Without Proof of Efficacy
OSI Pharma v. Apotex Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2019) In a decision issued recently, the Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial…
New Chapter in the Fight for U.S. Patent Rights to CRISPR Technology – Second Interference Underway
Researchers from University of California, Berkeley (and related parties) and The Broad Institute, Inc. (and related parties) continue to battle…
Automatic Interview Request (AIR): USPTO Web Tool Streamlines Interview Scheduling
The USPTO encourages Applicants to engage with Patent Examiners using Interview Practice. According to the USPTO website, “Interviews provide an…
Accelerating U.S. Patent Examination Based on Environment, Energy, and Countering Terrorism
Previously, we wrote about making an application special to speed up patent prosecution based on an inventor’s age. 37 CFR…