August 28, 2020
Bryan K. Wheelock
Principal
St. Louis Metro Office
719 Recent Articles
August 27, 2020
Pointed Tip is Not a Substantially Flat Surface
August 27, 2020
Clear Claim Language Trumped Written Description in Construction
August 27, 2020
Upper and Lower Claim Limitations Leave Patent Owner Feeling Down
August 21, 2020
Constitutional Rights: Use Them or Lose Them
August 21, 2020
Local Rules, unlike the Pirate Rules, Are More than Mere Guidelines and Ignoring Them Can Cause a Loss of Rights
August 05, 2020
Standard-Essentiality is a Question for the Factfinder
August 04, 2020
Reason for Claim Amendment Was Tangential to Equivalent, Doctrine of Equivalents Applies
August 01, 2020
Federal Circuit to PTAB: Show Your Work
August 01, 2020
Improved Method of Operating a Flow Cytometry Apparatus Is Not Abstract
August 01, 2020
“Half-Liquid” is Wholly Indefinite
August 01, 2020
Lack of Likelihood of Success and Irreparable Harm Doomed Preliminary Injunction
July 30, 2020
Institution Decision Not Carved in Stone; Final Written Decision Can Differ
July 27, 2020
Apparent Agreement Did Not Protect Condom Company from Attack
July 22, 2020
PTAB is not Limited to § 102 and § 103 when Reviewing Amended Claims in IPR
July 14, 2020
Licensee’s Failure to Mark Ruined Patent Owner’s Claim for $3.5 Million in Pre-Suit Damages
July 14, 2020
Collaboration and Concerted Effort are What Result in Joint Inventorship
July 09, 2020
Board Should Fix Obvious Claim Errors in Order to Make a Decision on the Merits
July 09, 2020
Over-designation of Confidential Information Costs Plaintiff Protection
July 06, 2020