Reissue Patents
Reissues can be used to capture missing, forgotten, or narrower claims. In some cases, they can be used to broaden a patent.
Reissues can be used to capture missing, forgotten, or narrower claims. In some cases, they can be used to broaden a patent.
Recent study reveals statistics concerning continuation patent applications.
The Patent Office has started a new Automated Interview Request program which allows patent attorneys, agents, and applicants to request interviews with Examiners in their cases online.
A certificate of correction is a change to a patent the fixes minor issues.
The Federal Circuit is expanding the scope of patent infringement with the decision in Akamai v. Limelight.
The After Final Consideration Pilot Program can be a helpful tool for furthering the examination of a patent application.
Patent drawings are not subject to incredibly strict rules, but there are some requirements that should be followed.
An Ex Parte Quayle Action is a communication from the Patent Office closing prosecution on the merits in order to resolve technical details.
The date on which a patent assignment of an inventor’s patent rights is made can have a significant effect on downstream prosecution and success of the application(s) directed to the invention. During prosecution, the Examiner will almost always cite prior…
A protest is one type of pre-issuance submission of prior art.