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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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August 11, 2016

PTAB Reversed–Common Sense Improperly Used to Supply Missing Limitation in Obviousness Inquiry

By: Douglas A. Robinson, Principal

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August 11, 2016

PTAB Misapplied Common Sense in Finding Claims Obvious

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

August 11, 2016

District Court Correctly Added Inventors Who Contributed to at least one Claim Element

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

August 9, 2016

BRI Does Not Apply if Patent Expires Any Time During Reexamination Proceeding

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

August 9, 2016

Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands PTAB Obviousness Determination Not Supported by Adequate Reasoned Explanation

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 5, 2016

Federal Circuit Provides Ammunition to Patentees In Magnum Decision

By: Hemant M. Keskar, Principal

August 5, 2016

Sale and Offer for Sale Determined by Where “Substantial Activities of the Sales Transactions” Occur

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

August 4, 2016

Markush Group Closed to Unlisted Elements, but Open to Blends of Listed Elements

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

August 1, 2016

Information is Intangible, so Methods of Manipulating it are Abstract

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 1, 2016

Repeated and Consistent Usage, including in Rule 131 Declaration, Defines Term

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

August 1, 2016

Detailed Analysis of Specification and Prosecution History Revealed Meaning of Claims

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 28, 2016

Patent Drafters: Leaving Coining to the Mint

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 25, 2016

PTO Cannot Raise & Decide Unpatentability Theories Never Presented by the Petitioner

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 20, 2016

BioPharma Patents Quick Tips & News – July 2016

By: Leanne M. Rakers, Principal

July 18, 2016

Where’s My %$^&# Dollar?

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 15, 2016

I Win? No Fair!

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

July 12, 2016

New After-Final Pilot Prosecution Program Allows Enhanced Patent Practice

By: Michael Gamble, Principal

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July 11, 2016

Sale of Manufacturing Services Does Not Trigger On Sale Bar Under Pre-AIA §102

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 10, 2016

It Ain’t Over ‘Till It’s Over

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

July 6, 2016

And in the Alternative . . .

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal