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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 5, 2016

Not All Processes That Employ Only Independently Known Steps are Unpatentable

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 4, 2016

Plausibility vs. Enablement

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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July 1, 2016

Resurfacing of Preemption for Patent-Eligibility of Software Inventions – The Bascom Decision

By: Andrew M. Waxman, Principal

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June 28, 2016

Five IP Lessons for Small to Medium–sized Businesses

By: Joseph E. Walsh, Jr., Principal

June 27, 2016

Inventive Concept Can be Found in Non-conventional and Non-generic Arrangement of Known, Conventional Pieces

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

June 24, 2016

A Mark Should be Considered a Whole, and not Dissected

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

June 24, 2016

Brexit Stage Right

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 22, 2016

Federal Circuit Weighs in on Propriety of New Evidence Adduced During IPR Trial

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June 21, 2016

Filing of Cancellation Prior to Registration’s Fifth Anniversary Allows Later Addition of Otherwise Time-Barred Non-use Claim

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June 16, 2016

A Combination of References Can be Obvious Even it Requires a Bit of Work

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 14, 2016

First PGR Final Written Decisions – Look a Lot Like IPR/CBM Decisions

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

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June 14, 2016

Software Can Make “Non-Abstract” Improvements To Computer Technology

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June 14, 2016

Board Not Limited to Prior Art in the Grounds, as Long as Patent Owner Had Notice

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 13, 2016

Halo Recognizes that Not All Infringers are Angels

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 13, 2016

Trademark applicant’s Twitter account not service mark use for social media services

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June 12, 2016

Is the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine Inevitable?

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

June 10, 2016

The Board Cannot Adopt a Surprise Claim Construction

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

June 10, 2016

And That’s Final . . .

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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June 6, 2016

Patent Applicants: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You in a Court of Law

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

June 3, 2016

Incorrect Position on Infringement is not a Defense to Inducement

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal