JD Supra

Specification as a Tool for Patent Eligibility Analysis

In a recent article, we discussed how courts have used patent specifications in finding that patents satisfy the Supreme Court’s Mayo/Alice test. However, the specification may be a double-edged sword ...
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Patent Drafting: The Detailed Description Should Include Multiple Embodiments or Examples

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is an excerpt from Rules of Patent Drafting: Guidance from Federal Circuit Cases, 2014 Edition, which is now available at Amazon.com. This is the second installment of what ...
IPWatchdog

The USPTO’s New Guidelines on Prophetic and Working Examples in Patent Applications and Corresponding Practices in India and China

“Though these new guidelines may seem unnecessary, there is clear benefit to the public, especially to the applicants who rely on patents for future innovative endeavors.” The United States Patent and ...
JD Supra

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: A comparative statement in a patent specification can be “definitional” for purposes of claim construction

Chen, J. The Court affirmed the PTAB’s determination that the patent claim at issue was unpatentable as obvious. The Court held that the Board correctly construed the term “storage element.” In ...