Ryan Alley

IP attorney, former Jeopardy champion, and occasional conversation contributor. Tweets are not legal advice, and certainly not good legal advice.

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

New Nature paper provides evidence that science has become less innovative since the 1950s. The authors suggest reversing the trend by:
1. reading widely,
2. focusing less on quantity of papers, & more on research quality,
3. taking year-long sabbaticals.
https://t.co/oYV5JCXRl8

[USPTO @uspto]

The Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022, signed into law on 12/29, increases small entity discounts from 50% to 60% and micro entity discounts from 75% to 80%. View the updated USPTO fee schedule: https://t.co/ESldkoT7fc

[USPTO @uspto]

The USPTO has issued a federal register notice delaying the effective date of the non-DOCX surcharge fee from January 1, 2023 to April 3, 2023. Learn more: https://t.co/6Wu4Zz2HT5

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

A post-grant attorney discovers her hometown's holiday festival is threatened by an evil patent holder, and she's got to work with the cute local technical expert to find invalidating prior art - and maybe more - to save the seasonal festivities! Titled: Winter Partes Review

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

@CD_Brandt ‼️

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

@PatentMemes @heyitsalexsu saw this and thought hard about taking it out of my profile

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

Can I cite this as "Failure of Others" evidence against a 103? 🙃

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

If this site is ending, folks can find me at:

Nowhere. I went all-in here. Sorry, ooops, and maybe bye.

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

when there’s a Triple Stumper on #JeopardyToC

[jack @jack]

nobody knows anything

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

We're halfway to US Patent 12 million! Today, Ebay (via Schwegman firm) snags US11500000 to a power adjustment method.

We're also, as of this month, into the 18 series of patent applications. That's a lot of disclosures! #USPTO #patents

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

Glad this site’s immolation finally reached some hard IP discourse after burning through the soft brand and TM matters

[Lauren Morgan @LaurenWhitticom]

@ashleyfeinberg @JoshuaMound Framing this

[Bryan Hart @BryanTHart]

We're hiring! Electrical/CS/mechanical patent prosecution, fully remote available, part-time available: https://t.co/alhc9MP52M

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

Oh, this is only happening with Firefox browser @uspto

but you do say... "All modern browsers are supported such as Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari."

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

Looking forward to the @AIPLA Annual Meeting ...next week! 💡 Really hoping our mild DC weather forecast holds! 🍂🌤🤞🏻

Please let's meet up - or at least say hellos - if we cross paths! #aiplaAM22

[AIPLA @aipla]

#aiplaAM22 is ONE WEEK AWAY! There's still time to register: https://t.co/wkl76IDdie

Don't miss out on the IP #event of the year! Cutting-edge #CLE, #networking, #celebration, and more!

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

@Jacobson_IP Talk about a long-felt need!

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

@Comeau_IP @uspto ymmv - the Office is sua sponte re-issuing OFRs with this correction (or, at least, I've gotten 3 reissued today from early Oct with no effort on my part)

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

My position is unchanged.

I'm hopeful the current round of debate on requirements to practice before the USPTO actually results in change.

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

My 2¢: the "scientific" degree/course req for practice before the @USPTO should go.

If anything, reg exam should just include more ?s testing ability to apply patent frameworks that require general sci/tech reasoning.

https://t.co/DXRibbKGNQ

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

@JNGross I saw Hughes had another divided panel on 101 / 12(b)(6) in IBM v. Zillow today. Seems to be on a roll.

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

@GazEtc feels like an admission of descriptiveness?

[Ryan Alley @RyanAlley]

PATENTS, please be careful this Halloween! Many reports of unclaimed, limiting language hidden deep inside specifications this year.