April 06, 2018
Bryan K. Wheelock
Principal
St. Louis Metro Office
720 Recent Articles
March 23, 2018
“Ordinary Creativity” is no Different Than “Common Sense” and Requires Explanation
March 19, 2018
Presenting IPR Arguments Too Late is, Well, Too Late
March 19, 2018
“BRI.” You Keep Using That Word. We Do Not Think it Means What You Think it Means.
March 14, 2018
Written Description is Met by What the Disclosure Reasonably Conveys to Those Skilled in the Art
March 13, 2018
Collateral Estoppel Applies in IPRs Where the Issues are the Same
March 07, 2018
Stare Decisis: Previous Claim Constriction Prevented Finding of Infringement
February 27, 2018
The Purpose of a Motion to Dismiss is to Test the Sufficiency of the Complaint, not to Decide the Merits
February 20, 2018
Even Under a Narrower Construction Because of Disclaimer, The Board was Correct that the Claims were Obvious
February 12, 2018
Happy 209th Birthday, President Lincoln
February 12, 2018
Board’s Construction of the Claims was Unreasonably Broad and Inconsistent with the Specification
February 09, 2018
Board’s Obvious Analysis Improperly Relied Upon Hindsight
February 09, 2018
Walker Process Monopolization Claim Does not Depend upon Resolution of a Substantial Question of Federal Patent Law
February 09, 2018
Anda Your Patent is Not Infringed
February 08, 2018
Process Limitations are Presumed to Impart Structural Limitations, Even Where it is not Clear What those Limitations Are
February 04, 2018
Trademark Law Offers Scant Protection When Bad Things “Happen” to Good Marks
February 01, 2018
Incorporation by Reference (May Have) Saved the Day
January 25, 2018
Second and Third Bites at the Apple; Subsequent IPR Losses undo IPR Win
January 25, 2018
Computer Interface Was Not an Abstract Idea
January 24, 2018