Patent Prosecution Strategy: Negative Claim Limitation Sounds Positive Now in Patents!
Claiming what you haven’t invented can get you a patent granted. Surprised? Well, this could be true. Want to find out how? Read on: First of all, let me shed some light on what a Negative claim limitation is? It is a limitation added solely to exclude a few elements of the invention, or in […]
Smart Prosecution: How to File More Patents for your Clients?
Do you know how smart devices work? They do many things even before you instruct them to do so. For example, Google Assistant can set a reminder automatically after reading your email about an upcoming meeting. Cool, isn’t it? Smart prosecution stresses on a similar thought where you exceed your client’s expectations. To be precise, it […]
Smart Patent Prosecution – How to Save Client’s Time and Money?
Over the past few years, the Patent Office has taken multiple initiatives – Track One examination, Accelerated Examination (AE), Full First Action Interview Pilot Program, and Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)– to combat application backlog and expedite patent examination procedure. These accelerated programs, without doubt, speed up the prosecution process; however, they also increase the prosecution cost. Track 1, […]
Alice Based Rejection – Now the Protocol Patents are under Threat
In a lawsuit of 7 patents, Apple passed a motion asserting 2 of Ericsson’s patents as invalid based on 35. U.S.C.§ 101. In the light of Alice ruling, Apple stated that PROTOCOL patents are similar to software patents (abstract concept) and hence, are not valid. Here are few examples of patented protocols which according to […]
Smart Patent Prosecution – 5 Types of Patent Examiners You Should Know!
Innovation often starts with a “light bulb moment”. One works on their idea and then from idea, s/he moves to invention, and in the end to a patent application. Thereafter it’s up-to a sharp-eyed patent examiner to keep the ball rolling. That’s to say, it is him who decides whether your idea deserves a protection […]
These 11 Answers by a Patent Examiner will help understand patent process better
An examiner of USPTO hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit where he and Reddit users discussed multiple patent-related topics. For the uninitiated, AMA or Ask Me Anything is a feature of Reddit similar to an online press conference. In general, someone specialized in a field or an influential personality hosts an AMA […]
How to Overcome Rejections Based on the Alice Decision
Alice Corp. v CLS Bank is fast becoming a landmark decision for patent analysis in the United States. Many applications are being rejected by examiners based on 35 U.S.C. 101 rejections of the claims arguing – “the claims are drawn to an abstract idea”. There is a need to change the way applicants are drafting claims […]