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July 7, 2025

U.S. Chemical & Life Science Patents Q2 Newsletter

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June 30, 2025

5 Federal Circuit Patent Cases You Need To Know

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June 26, 2025

Enablement, Anticipation, and Claim Strategy: Rethinking Biotech Patent Drafting Post-Agilent

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June 23, 2025

Six Actions to Take to Ensure Your Trade Secret Stays Secret

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June 23, 2025

Cannabis And Trademarks: Protecting Against Infringement

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May 13, 2025

The Hypocrisy of ‘Delete IP’: Billionaire Frustrations Masquerading as Policy

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July 24, 2024

Unlocking Innovation: Understanding the Impact of the Bayh-Dole Act

By: Christopher M. Cauble, Principal

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July 23, 2024

Website and Press Releases Created Plausible Claim of Inducement of Infringement by a Skinny Labelled Generic Product

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Protect Trade Secrets

July 18, 2024

Plaintiff Failed to Show It was Entitled to a Preliminary Injunction to Protect its Trade Secrets

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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May 9, 2024

Supreme Court Affirms 100+ Year Period for Copyright Damages

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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April 3, 2024

What Foreign [And U.S.] Patent Practitioners Need To Know About Means-Plus-Function Claim Interpretation In the U.S. – Understanding 35 U.S.C. § 112(f)

By: J. Bradley (Brad) Luchsinger, Principal

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March 19, 2024

Routine Optimization Does Not Necessarily Require a Disclosure of Ranges Under the Results-effective Variable Doctrine – Pfizer v. Sanofi, No. 19-1871 (Fed Cir 2024)

By: Kisuk Lee, Principal

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February 14, 2024

USPTO Releases Inventorship Guidance for AI-assisted Inventions

By: Charlie Franklin, Ph.D., Principal

USPTO Guidelines on Enablement Requirement published 10 January 2024

January 22, 2024

USPTO Guidelines on Enablement Requirement published 10 January 2024

By: Jordyn Grawe, Patent Agent; Leanne M. Rakers, Principal

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November 7, 2023

Have a Seat Over There — Petitioner Has No Standing to Appeal PTAB Decision

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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November 6, 2023

Extrinsic Evidence Needed to Construe Numerical Limitation in the Claims

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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November 1, 2023

Co-owned, but Unrelated Application Cited in IDS Does not Inform the Meaning of the Claims

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 20, 2023

Revised Rule Requiring Use of USPTO Form for IDS Safe Harbor

By: Elisabeth A. Koral, Principal

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May 8, 2023

Don’t Get Cheesed – Protect Your Video Game’s Intellectual Property

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

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May 4, 2023

Computer-Readable Recording Medium Is Not a Transitory Medium

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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April 18, 2023

How Many?

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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March 20, 2023

Storing and Displaying Video is an Abstract Idea

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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March 5, 2023

A Court Can Only Enjoin Public Accusations of Patent Infringement if They Are Objectively Baseless

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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February 21, 2023

Functional Medical Device Demonstrated at Trade Show Trigged On Sale Bar of pre-AIA 102(b)

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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January 6, 2023

Joel Samuels Featured in Bloomberg Law’s Look at 2023’s Most-Anticipated IP Law Developments

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December 20, 2022

Holiday Countdown

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal