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What is the Burden of Proof when practicing before the Board of Patent Appeals? – Florida Patent Lawyer Blog

Written by Mark Terry In short, the answer is “by a preponderance of the evidence.” The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) decision of Ex parte Hochsmann did a good job of highlighting this axiom. As a Miami Patent Lawyer, I found…

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Mar 29, 2016

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The 35 USC 112, First Paragraph, Rejection – Florida Patent Lawyer Blog

Written by: Mark Terry The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) decision of Ex parte Yufa affirmed a Patent Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. 112, 1st paragraph, rejection. This was an interesting case for me, a Miami Patent Attorney, because it illustrated a type…

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Nov 14, 2012

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Would you have appealed this 101 Rejection?

Written by Mark Terry In an homage to John Welch’s well-known TTAB Blog, today we ask “Would you have appealed this 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection? In a straightforward decision today, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI)…

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Jan 23, 2012

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Patent Office Rejects Key HP Invention on Appeal – Florida Patent Lawyer Blog

Written by Mark Terry In its first decision of today, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) reversed a Patent Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. sec. 103(a) obviousness rejection of a key Hewlett-Packard software invention, but came up with a new…

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Jan 8, 2010

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