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Written by: Mark Terry Today I came across a nice little Board of Patent Appeals case that outlines an additional tool that can be used to fight 102 anticipation rejections, especially when procuring software patents. Specifically, this case addresses a common situation: you receive a 102 rejection where the Examiner appears to have done a simple text search for each of your claim elements and found them all in disparate parts of one reference. The case of Ex parte Putnam (Appeal No. 2010-001668) involved a software process for migrating databases. The Patent Examiner found all of the elements of claim 1 in
Written by: Mark Terry A lot has been written about the new Patent Office forms that must be filed with new patent applications after Sept. 16, 2012. You could spend a few hours reading about it on Karen Hazzah’s site, on Oblon’s web site, or on the PharmaPatents web site. But if you only have a few minutes to figure out what you absolutely need to file with the your patent application after Sept. 16, 2012 in order to comply with the new American Invents Act (AIA) rules and look competent to your client, then read this blog posting. If there is no Assignee
Written by: Mark Terry In a straightforward decision today, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) affirmed an Examiner’s obviousness rejection of a software invention based on a common prosecution mistake – the Appellant arguing limitations that are not in the claim. This post highlights a basic requirement of responding to Examiner rejections, especially when procuring software patents. The case of Ex parte Kreiner (Appeal No. 2010-004976) involved a software invention used to design circuits. The disputed claim included the following limitation: “a software-based development environment for designing circuits or systems.” In responding to a 103 obviousness rejection, the Appellant argued that
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