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In Ariad, an en banc Federal Circuit is set to determine whether (and how) the written description requirement is separate and distinct from enablement. The questions presented read as follows:
1. Whether 35 U.S.C. § 112, paragraph 1, contains a...
Ex parte Lin, Appeal No. 2009-4275, Application No. 10/255,216 (BPAI October 30, 2009)
The Examiner rejected Lin's patent application for failure to comply with the best mode requirement of 35 USC § 112p1. The Board reversed that rejection because...
via CNN in an article titled: "Recession's latest victim: U.S. innovation."
Dennis Crouch's Comment: Patent filings are clearly down, but I don't know that I agree with the reporter's conclusion that therefore "U.S. innovation took a step backward for...
In the US, an inventor's evidence of pre-filing conception, diligence, and reduction-to-practice can help win a priority contest against a competing inventor and can also negate would-be prior art. Around the world, the vast majority of other countries...
Guest Post by Brad Pedersen and Justin Woo (Read their Full Article at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1518660)
The Patent Reform Act of 2009 would replace the current “first-to-invent” (FTI) system with a new “first-inventor-to-file” (FITF) system....