How Not to Write a Patent


The Patent Office has begun a new program to expedite certain patent applications which provide a glossary of the terms used in the claims.
Petitions to make special can expedite the prosecution of a patent application.
The Patent Office has announced a fast-track patenting process for those who can afford it. Capitalism and market forces fair well in Alexandria where an applicant can now pay a premium of $4,000 to have the application expedited and processed…
A notice of allowance indicates the claims of a patent are allowable and ready to issue in a patent grant.
The Patent Office is relatively generous when it comes to tolerating accidents in patent applications and patents. Revival of a PCT application is more difficult. Patent applications can sometimes go abandoned when an applicant fails to submit a reply or…
The Federal Circuit is expanding the scope of patent infringement with the decision in Akamai v. Limelight.