Art Units in Misc. Computer Applications Have 72% Allowance
This all means that the “business method Art Units” are not the only ones charged with examining applications covering computer-implemented methods. In fact, there are Art Units where from a patentee...
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The backlog of unexamined patent applications was down over 15.1% in September 2012, compared with October 2010. At the same time, however, the number of unexamined RCE filings grew 95.56%, after...
View ArticleWill the USPTO Outreach Fix the RCE Backlog?
The problem of the RCE backlog is a function of the prosecution dynamic and lack of meaningful oversight into areas where RCEs are common and patents issue only after going on the appeal track. Still,...
View ArticlePatent Attorney Asks Examiner “Are you drunk?”
Are you drunk? No, seriously... are you drinking scotch and whiskey with a side of crack cocaine while you "examine" patent applications? (Heavy emphasis on the quotes.) Do you just mail merge...
View ArticleExaminer Statistics: Insight into Prosecution Strategies
There is no way to know for sure whether the applicant could have achieved an allowance had they hung in, but it would have been helpful to know that the examiner was very experienced and likely had...
View ArticleIs that Next RCE Really Going to Work?
Knowing when to give up on a patent application is one of the most critical questions facing for any patent applicant… When faced with the decision regarding whether to file an RCE or file an Appeal,...
View ArticlePatentCore Joins Forces with LexisNexis® on PatentAdvisor™
Reed Technology and Information Services Inc., a part of the LexisNexis® family and a provider of content management services, announced earlier today that it has joined forces with PatentCore. You may...
View ArticlePost-Alice, Allowances are a Rare Sighting in Business-Method Art Units
Since the Alice Corp. decision, rejections under 35 U.S.C. 101 have become substantially more common in business-method art units, and notices of allowance have become substantially more rare in these...
View ArticleDoc’s Orders: Analogize to Overcome Patent Eligibility Rejections
Taking a hint from what has worked before can give patent prosecutors an advantage. The question is then how to find such examples for use in forming arguments and claim amendments to address Alice v....
View ArticlePatentCore Joins Forces with LexisNexis® on PatentAdvisor™
Reed Technology and Information Services Inc., a part of the LexisNexis® family and a provider of content management services, announced earlier today that it has joined forces with PatentCore. You may...
View ArticleArt Units in Misc. Computer Applications Have 72% Allowance
This all means that the “business method Art Units” are not the only ones charged with examining applications covering computer-implemented methods. In fact, there are Art Units where from a patentee...
View ArticleThe RCE Backlog: A Critical Patent Office Problem
The backlog of unexamined patent applications was down over 15.1% in September 2012, compared with October 2010. At the same time, however, the number of unexamined RCE filings grew 95.56%, after...
View ArticleWill the USPTO Outreach Fix the RCE Backlog?
The problem of the RCE backlog is a function of the prosecution dynamic and lack of meaningful oversight into areas where RCEs are common and patents issue only after going on the appeal track. Still,...
View ArticlePatent Attorney Asks Examiner “Are you drunk?”
Are you drunk? No, seriously... are you drinking scotch and whiskey with a side of crack cocaine while you "examine" patent applications? (Heavy emphasis on the quotes.) Do you just mail merge...
View ArticleExaminer Statistics: Insight into Prosecution Strategies
There is no way to know for sure whether the applicant could have achieved an allowance had they hung in, but it would have been helpful to know that the examiner was very experienced and likely had...
View ArticleIs that Next RCE Really Going to Work?
Knowing when to give up on a patent application is one of the most critical questions facing for any patent applicant… When faced with the decision regarding whether to file an RCE or file an Appeal,...
View ArticlePost-Alice, Allowances are a Rare Sighting in Business-Method Art Units
Since the Alice Corp. decision, rejections under 35 U.S.C. 101 have become substantially more common in business-method art units, and notices of allowance have become substantially more rare in these...
View ArticleDoc’s Orders: Analogize to Overcome Patent Eligibility Rejections
Taking a hint from what has worked before can give patent prosecutors an advantage. The question is then how to find such examples for use in forming arguments and claim amendments to address Alice v....
View ArticlePatentCore Joins Forces with LexisNexis® on PatentAdvisor™
Reed Technology and Information Services Inc., a part of the LexisNexis® family and a provider of content management services, announced earlier today that it has joined forces with PatentCore. You may...
View ArticleArt Units in Misc. Computer Applications Have 72% Allowance
This all means that the “business method Art Units” are not the only ones charged with examining applications covering computer-implemented methods. In fact, there are Art Units where from a patentee...
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