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Jacob Doughty reviews a recent case from the #CAFC finding a prior art disclosure of a genus of 900+ salts was insufficient to #anticipate or render #obvious a single salt species. #patentlaw https://t.co/hTlCZ91LbN

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Mat Barnet explains how notable #differences between cited references can lead to a finding of #nonobviousness. #PTAB #substitution https://t.co/k2V58b6FrS

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Rick Treanor explains that while silence can form the basis of support for a negative limitation, a skilled artisan must understand the specification as inherently disclosing the negative limitation. #CAFC #35USC112 #writtendescription https://t.co/IZK6tNVrUo

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Jacob Doughty illustrates why third-party submissions should not be ignored (particularly in view of their relative low cost) as part of a strategy for influencing the scope of a competitor’s patents. #PTAB #obviousness #enablement #thirdpartysubmission https://t.co/GuASiSof4Z

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#USPTO Launches New Webpage for #Patent Term Extension Information. https://t.co/Wl95VEgRXd

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Rick Treanor on the Supreme Court's refusal to clarify the unsettled state of the law regarding patent eligibility by denying certiorari in American Axle. #SCOTUS #35USC101 #patenteligibility https://t.co/f5GvXcCayS

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Beau Burton breaks down why Examiners cannot arbitrarily associate benefits and features in the prior art to arrive at a #motivation to modify. #obviousness #PTAB #USPTO https://t.co/Y1aby2uQd0

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Yanhong (Claire) Hu with an interesting #PTAB decision on the definiteness of relative claim terms. #indefiniteness #35USC112 #USPTO https://t.co/ttScrCVUEA

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Mat Barnet's take on Ex parte Whiteman and why Examiners must must provide supporting evidence instead of mere speculation. #obviousness #USPTO #PTAB https://t.co/q2B9d7TByo

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Rick Treanor explains how the Federal Circuit's decision in Modernatx, Inc. v. Arbutus Biopharma Corp. provides an instructive framework for traversing #obviousness rejections based on #overlapping ranges. #CAFC #patentlaw https://t.co/KkNyC11aCs

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Beau Burton discusses the #PTAB's recent decision, Ex parte Seppo, and the interplay between #enablement and claims that cover #inoperative embodiments. #patentprosecution https://t.co/EaSI4k12J5

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Jacob Doughty summarizes a recent #CAFC decision, LG Elecs. v. Immervision, Inc., which considered whether errant information in a #priorart reference can be relied upon to demonstrate #unpatentability. https://t.co/lGUeaOM3XI

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Yanhong (Claire) Hu's take on an interesting case, Ex parte Deporter, which involves the claimed subject matter being a non-preferred embodiment of the prior art (#obvious) but also a direct and specific teaching away (#nonobviousness). #PTAB #USPTO https://t.co/AultLL7zCI

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As Mat Barnet illustrates, it is not enough that the applied art might satisfy a claimed property - #inherency requires that the claimed property is necessarily satisfied. #USPTO #PTAB #obviousness https://t.co/AYoIgktgfR

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Mamoru Kakuda summarizes a recent #CAFC decision addressing whether a prior art reference is "by another." #35USC102 #priorart #inventorship https://t.co/KcAs8hYI9j

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Jacob Doughty discusses a recent #CAFC opinion showing the risk of basing a conclusion of non-infringement on seemingly significant clerical errors in a claim when the intended meaning is discernible. #infringement #FTO #claimconstruction https://t.co/PpnE35buYK

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#USPTO launches Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program, which allows #patent applications involving technologies that mitigate #climatechange to be advanced out of turn for examination until a first action on the merits. https://t.co/Z7ZYV7kRHv

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In this week's blog, Rick Treanor revisits #obviousness rejections based on laundry lists of interchangeable equivalents. #USPTO #PTAB https://t.co/3QS72lF9Bc

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Beau Burton discusses a recent #PTAB decision showing the likelihood of having a reasonable expectation of success diminishes with increased selections and lack of guidance. #USPTO #obviousness #patentprosecution https://t.co/NZN60xpW9K

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Mamoru Kakuda comments on the #CAFC's recent decision in Sunoco v. U.S. Venture addressing whether an offer to sell was for experimental or commercial purposes. #onsalebar #35USC102 https://t.co/3kYVdllYH4