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August 8, 2025

“Navigating Patent Term Adjustment and Patent Term Extension: Recent Court Rulings and Their Impact on Obviousness-Type Double Patenting,” The National Law Review

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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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July 27, 2017

Hutchinson Revisited Surname + Merely Descriptive Term May or May Not Be Registrable

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 18, 2017

Unexpected Results of an Obvious Process are Non-obvious

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 17, 2017

Hey Boo-Boo, Defining Terms in the Specification is a Pic-i-nic

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 14, 2017

BRI-Proof Your Claims

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 13, 2017

Patents Don’t Sue People, People Sue People

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 11, 2017

Lack of Clarity for Reason for Denying Permanent Injunction Results in Remand

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 11, 2017

Gotta Wanna Needa Getta Hava Injunction

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

July 7, 2017

PTO Erred by Not Identifying Algorithm Corresponding to §112, ¶ 6 Element Before Invalidating Claims

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 5, 2017

Make Patents Great Again (or at least Make them STRONGER)

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 5, 2017

Weak Infringement Position Makes Troll-like Behavior Exceptional

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 4, 2017

Independence Day Patents

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 2, 2017

Reasonable Expectation of Success, Not Absolute Predictability, is All that is Required for Obviousness

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 27, 2017

Written Description Must Support Claims; Not Exclude Alternatives

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 24, 2017

Gnireenigne

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 23, 2017

Give a Man Cupcake Sushi, and He’ll Have Dessert for a Day; Teach a Man to Make Cupcake Sushi, and He’ll Rip You Off

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 23, 2017

For Waterproofing Patent, Arguments Against Obviousness Didn’t Hold Water

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June 22, 2017

“Catch-All” Phrases Insufficient To Give Proper Notice of Grounds for Petition

By: Glenn E. Forbis, Principal

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June 21, 2017

Lack of Enablement in Provisional Application Results in Loss of Priority

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Patented Life Science Technology

June 19, 2017

Missed opportunity: Federal Circuit Again Offers No Clarifying Insight on Alice’s Two-Step Framework

By: Jewell N. Briggs, Associate

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June 19, 2017

Oh, No, Toto, An Interactive Website Won’t Get Us to Kansas

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal