August 19, 2021 Federal Circuit Holds USPTO Can’t Recover Expert Witness Fees under 35 USC § 145 By: Bryan K. Wheelock
August 12, 2021 The Step that Can Be Performed in The Human Mind is a Telltale Sign of Abstraction By: Bryan K. Wheelock
August 4, 2021 Skimpy Proof of a Regular and Established Place of Business Bares Absence of Venue for Corporate Affiliates By: Bryan K. Wheelock
August 3, 2021 I will Gladly Assign to You Today an Invention I will Make Tomorrow By: Bryan K. Wheelock
June 12, 2021 Intrinsic Evidence > Dictionary Definitions, Analogies, and Purported Plain Meaning By: Bryan K. Wheelock
June 3, 2021 The Disclaimer Doctrine Prevents Patent Owners from Construing the Claims Differently in Court than in the USPTO By: Bryan K. Wheelock
June 1, 2021 Complying with All Rules and Paying $7 Million in Fees Can Still Constitute Prosecution Laches By: Bryan K. Wheelock
May 28, 2021 Don’t Forget to Claim What the Device Is, Not Just What the Device Does By: Bryan K. Wheelock
May 28, 2021 The References are not the Only Sources a Person of Ordinary Skill Would Consider By: Bryan K. Wheelock
May 12, 2021 Being Able to Practice the Invention is not the Same as Being Able to Practice the Full Scope of the Invention By: Bryan K. Wheelock
March 8, 2021 Hindsight May be 20-20, but it has no Place in Evaluating Obviousness By: Bryan K. Wheelock
January 6, 2021 Even If Phrase Was In the Preamble, it is a Claim Limitation that was Not Met By: Bryan K. Wheelock