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In Ex parte Galloway, Appeal No. 2017-004696 (PTAB, May 24, 2018), the Board reversed the examiner’s rejections of claims to a method of diagnosing bladder cancer. The method comprised isolating cells from the urine of a subject, dispersing at least…
On May 14, 2018, several important revisions to regulations of the Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedure Act of 1980, codified as 35 U.S.C. § 200) went into effect. The final revisions were published in the Federal Register of…
In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is a recent development in reproductive technology, and has been used for creating mouse embryos in vitro. IVG includes obtaining cells from a donor (such as skin cells), and differentiating the cells in a laboratory culture…
A new infertility technique, mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), has been used to create so called “three-parent” babies. MRT is used in cases when mothers carry genes for mitochondrial diseases. Similar to in vitro fertilization (IVF),…
In Core Wireless Licensin g S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics, Inc. , the Federal Circuit held that user interface claims are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because they “recite a specific improvement over prior systems, resulting in an improved…
IPO Letter Reports Weaknesses in IP Protection Around the World In a 27 page letter dated February 8, 2018 and sent to Sue Chang at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Executive Director of IPO, Mark Lauroesch, extensively summarizes the flaws…
In the recent Two-Way Media v. Comcast decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s holding that evidence of non-obviousness was irrelevant to patent eligibility under the Supreme Court’s two-step Alic e framework.[1] The Federal…
A computer and technology policy is an important part of protecting and managing intellectual property. A business should consider establishing a policy that addresses the following points: USE OF COMPANY TECHNOLOGY The technology provided by the company,…
Written by Loni Morrow and Jason J. Jardine Edited by Catherine Holland What is a Utility Patent? Utility patents cover a new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter. Design patents are much more common in the fashion industry…
Written by Jeremy Anapol and Michael L. Fuller Courts increasingly rely on analogies to show that claims are not directed to patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. For example, in Context Extraction and Transmission v. Wells Fargo Bank,…
On Tuesday, a Delaware district court judge ruled that a group of Mallinckrodt patents failed the Alice/(mostly)Mayo test as claiming a natural phenomenon. The patents are directed to a method of safely using the Innomax system, which administers nitric…
Last month, the Supreme Court (in TC Heartland v. Kraft) recounted prior precedent standing for the proposition that 28 U.S.C. 1400(b) is the sole and exclusive statute for determining venue in a patent case, and that 1400(b) is not to be supplemented by…
