October 09, 2018
Bryan K. Wheelock
Principal
St. Louis Metro Office
720 Recent Articles
October 04, 2018
Federal Circuit Agrees that CORN THINS and RICE THINS are Least Merely Descriptive
September 30, 2018
Beyoncé v. Feyonce — If Enough Consumers Get the Joke, There May not be a Likelihood of Confusion
September 24, 2018
(Prior) Art Masterpieces
September 18, 2018
The Real World is Irrelevant in Judging the Similarity Between DETROIT ATHLETIC CO. and DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB
September 17, 2018
Do Over — Different Evidence and Different Evidentiary Standard Allow IPR to Reach Different Conclusion of Validity than ITC
September 17, 2018
Expert Testimony Critical to Determining Meaning of Prior Art to a PHOSITA
September 17, 2018
Clearly Defining A Term Without Providing Any Way to Determine When it has Been “Optimized” as Claimed Dooms Claims Under 112
September 17, 2018
Petitioner Bears the Ultimate Burden of Persuasion With Respect to Real Party in Interest
September 17, 2018
Blocking Patent Can Explain Long-Felt But Unmet Need, Reducing Importance of Objective Indicia of Nonobviousness
September 17, 2018
Just Because Seldom was Heard a Discouraging Word Did Not Mean The Invention Was Obvious
September 17, 2018
“Capable of” Construction (Rather than “Configured to” Construction) Dooms Apparatus, but Not Method Claims
September 05, 2018
Federal Circuit Remands After Patentee Failed to Disclose Priority Application to Standards Organization
September 05, 2018
Don’t Try This at Home Boys and Girls — The TTAB is no Place for Amateurs
September 04, 2018
Doing New and Useful Things Still Isn’t Enough to Meet 35 USC §101
September 04, 2018
You Can’t Sidestep Nonappealability of Institution Decisions with Mandamus
September 04, 2018
Federal Circuit Vacates Another IPR as Time-Barred
September 04, 2018
What Has Been Served Cannot Be Unserved: §315(b) Time Bar Applies Even if the Suit is Subsequently Withdrawn
September 04, 2018
If the Drawing is Sufficient to Determine Infringement, it Complies with 35 USC §112
September 04, 2018