Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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About a year ago, Tesla filed two new trademark applications in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – Application Serial Nos. 86/960,133 and 86/960,138 – the first for its three bars design and the second for the mark MODEL 3 with…
By Christopher Hall Here is a technique for rapidly drafting claims, for a patent application. This is a brainstorming mechanism that works for one person, or two, or more, and uses a free-form drawing or diagram to both gather words and prompt writing.…
In a few short years China’s patent system has gone from an IP rights wannabe to one of the most responsive and patent-friendly systems in the world. Leading U.S. IP experts say that underlying this rapid evolution is a desire for China to become a…
315(e)(2) Estoppel Application Less Than Straightforward IPR estoppel is established under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2), which provides that “the petitioner in an inter partes review of a claim in a patent . . . that results in a final written decision…
In a Post-Grant Review (“PGR”) at the U.S Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), a petitioner can challenge the validity of a patent on several grounds including prior art, on-sale or public-use activity, and lack of compliance with…
Over the past couple of weeks, our Data Science Team has focused on analyzing the USPTO examiners’ data as well as different Art Units. This week, we decided to compare the allowance rates at different art units before and after the first final…
This week, Patexia Data Science team expanded the USPTO examiner study from last week to identify the Art Units with the highest and lowest allowance rates. Art Unit 3685 which examines financial and business practice patent applications with 35 percent…
This week at Patexia, our Data Science Team analyzed over 7 million patent applications and reviewed the allowance rates for the USPTO examiners over the past several years. We identified the most active USPTO Technology Centers and their average allowance…
Written by John M. Carson and Paul Chang, Ph.D. Patent applicants whose applications have been assigned to the USPTO Technology Center 3600 have been particularly impacted by the Supreme Court’s June 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l…
By Christopher Hall & Mike Gencarella Here is an argument we are using in response to rejections under 35 USC §101 that allege the claims are directed to an abstract idea and are patent ineligible. This is useful in Office action responses, and…
This week at Patexia, our Data Science Team investigated third quarter changes in the number of registered patent practitioners. Examining data from the USPTO Practitioner Roster, we saw that at the end of the second quarter , there were 44,424 registered…
On January 12, 2016, President Barack Obama announced his goal of a nationwide “Cancer Moonshot,” with the ultimate goal of accelerating cancer research “to end cancer as we know it” during his State of the Union Address. As a part…
