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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 4, 2018

Have a Happy and Safe Fourth of July

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 3, 2018

Adidas and Nike Race Back to PTAB to Address Non-Instituted Grounds

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 2, 2018

Board’s Decision Did Not Change Theories Simply Because it Used Different Language Than the Petition

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 2, 2018

One of Ordinary Skill Would not Blindly Incorporate One Reference’s Exact Methodology into the Other

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 2, 2018

Board Failed to Properly Consider Circumstances of Disclosure When It Determined They Were Not Printed Publications

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 2, 2018

Federal Circuit Affirms Non-obvious Holding in “Close” Case, Declining to Disturb Factual Findings on Motivation

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 21, 2018

No Littoral Infringement; Plaintiff Still Waiting for its Ship to Come In

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 20, 2018

10**7 — Reaching U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018 is Flag Day

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 4, 2018

2018 USPTO/AIPLA Customer Partnership Meeting

By: Chris K. Miller, Principal

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May 30, 2018

A Teerrrriiffiiccc Trademark

By: Joel R. Samuels, Principal

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May 30, 2018

Buc-ee’s Beaver Logo Infringed by Competitor’s Alligator Logo

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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May 29, 2018

The Novelty of an Optical Isomer is not Negated by the Prior Art Disclosure of its Racemate

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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May 29, 2018

Printed Matter Cannot Be a Patentable Limitation Unless it is Functionally Related to the Claim Elements

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Flowers and Perfume Have Scents that can be Trademarked

May 29, 2018

An Unforgettable Smell

By: Joel R. Samuels, Principal

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May 23, 2018

The Look, Feel and Smell of Trademark

By: Joel R. Samuels, Principal

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May 17, 2018

BioPharma Patents Quick Tips & News – January 2015 – Throwback Edition

By: Leanne M. Rakers, Principal; Elisabeth A. Koral, Principal

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May 9, 2018

Ice Cream Brain Freeze

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Rollercoaster Metaphor for USPTO Rules

May 8, 2018

USPTO Considers Replacing Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard in IPRs & PGRs

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

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May 2, 2018

Plaintiff Pleads Plaid Pattern Plagiarized

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal