Analyzing the 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance FacebookTwitterShare On January 7, 2019, USPTO (The United States Patent & Trademark Office) published its revised set of guidance to provide clarity on subject matter eligibility criteria (35 U.S.C 101) for patentable inventions and sought public suggestions for the same. These revised set of procedures put […]
Evaluate your inventive idea before filing a patent Evaluate your inventive idea before filing a patent Basic evaluation is the first step we recommend to the inventors before contacting a patent service provider to assist them with the search, drafting and filing in USPTO. This basic evaluation could save them time and money. For you […]
Responding to an office action raised against a patent application An office action response is a response given by an applicant of a patent to the PTO during the prosecution of the patent application. A person who responds to an office action should be aware of techno legal language as they would be amending a […]
What are the 10 Important Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Filing at USPTO? Obtaining a patent for your invention is never a piece of cake – it demands involvement and investment right from the pre-stages of tapping an idea into a tangible form, that can be defined under the purview of patentability, and further […]
Will AIA (America Invents Act, 2011) be repealed Will AIA (America Invents Act, 2011) be repealed? Recently a bill “Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2018” was passed in House of Representatives of the United States of America that triggered a widespread speculation amongst the IP community in the US. The raison d’étre for […]
Improvement inventions – Patent Claim drafting Jepson Claims: Patents are granted for new or novel inventions adhering to the subject matter eligibility requirements provisioned under 35 U.S.C. 101 as patentable inventions. The same code also mentions protecting the improvements over the prior art as “new and useful improvements.” Drafting an improvement application requires an understanding of […]
Is Inter Partes Review (IPR) constitutional? One of the key innovations of the 2011 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is the creation of “inter partes review” process (IPR), run by the newly-created Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Under IPR, a third party may request the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to have […]
Overview of Trademark Trademark is usually referred to a brand, logo, names, symbols, devices or words/phrase related to products, sign, design or expression or combination thereof. It’s a way to notify the general public the registrant’s right of ownership of the mark and to indicate the public the aim of distinguishing the product from that […]
A Practical Approach to Calculate Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) Patent Term Adjustment (hereinafter PTA) is not rocket-science and to enable you with the prowess to dive into the deep understanding of statutory requirements for the PTA without getting caught up with the trickiness of a legal draft, we provide a practical approach to explaining the […]
What is a Post Grant Review (PGR)?, IPR vs PGR Post Grant Review (PGR): A post-grant review (PGR) is a way of questioning a patent’s validity. PGR was introduced by the America Invents Act (AIA) on September 16, 2012, as a counterpart to the Inter Partes Review (IPR) procedure. Together, they replace the inter partes […]