The inaugural IP Twitter Happy Hour chat will occur on Monday, Feb. 20 at 7 pm EST!* Please join at that time using the hashtag #IPHappyHour . Starting topics TBD, suggestions accepted!
*I plan on changing the time around regularly to allow for IP friends in different time zones.
Just started Suits. I like how this series is deep enough into patent lore to know about interferences and first-to-invent vs first-to-file, yet thinks patent applications are examined within 24 hours of filing??
The virus causing polio was discovered in 1908 by Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper. Landsteiner was later awarded a Nobel Prize for another discovery, that of human blood groups.
Today polio is almost eradicated thanks to a safe and effective vaccine.
#endpolio
Enlightening conversation using Adnan Syed’s case as a jumping off point to discuss Juvenile Life Without Parole and reforms that could make a big difference in our justice system. Ike’s story is inspiring and I feel privileged to have listened to it! https://t.co/fzvc3g9cZ0
KSR (2007) is the most cited Supreme Court patent case of all time (if you include PTAB decisions). Obviousness is the bread-and-butter of USPTO practice. In KSR, the Supreme Court made it easier for the USPTO combine references and thus find a claim obvious.
On this date in #innovation history: Sam Wen receives a #patent in 2010 for his #invention of the computer device for scanning credit cards with smartphones, vastly increasing capacity of individuals & small vendors to sell their wares #PatentsMatter#MobileRevolution@uspto