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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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December 11, 2020

Patent FAQ: Patent Renewals, Expirations, Coverage, Tax Benefits, and More

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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December 7, 2020

Breach of Confidentiality Agreement Required Transfer for Resulting Patents

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

IP Litigation and Contested Matters

November 26, 2020

Petitioner Can Substantiate Prior Art When Challenged by Patent Owner

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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November 20, 2020

Apparatus Claims Sometimes Incorporate Process Limitations, but Not this Time

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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November 4, 2020

Descriptive Use of a Registered Trademark is not Infringement

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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October 9, 2020

Proper IP Management Gives Pet Food Manufacturers a Competitive Edge

By: Douglas A. Robinson, Principal

Patent Litigation

September 25, 2020

Finding Claims Non-obvious Was Not Error, It Was the Application of the Proper Evidentiary Standard

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

IPR Estoppel

September 24, 2020

IPR Estoppel: It’s Not A Second Bite at the Apple if You Didn’t Get a First Bite

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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September 17, 2020

Like a Phoenix (Digitally) Arising from the Ashes: Newly Digitized 1837-1847 U.S. Patents

By: Monte L. Falcoff, Principal

IP Litigation and Contested Matters

September 5, 2020

§315(c) Does Not Allow Board to Join IPRs or to Add Issues to an IPR via Joinder

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 30, 2020

Goodwill Hunting

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP IP Litigation PTAB Proceedings

August 28, 2020

Inventorship, Unlike a Claim, is a “Nose of Wax”

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 27, 2020

Pointed Tip is Not a Substantially Flat Surface

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 27, 2020

Clear Claim Language Trumped Written Description in Construction

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 27, 2020

Upper and Lower Claim Limitations Leave Patent Owner Feeling Down

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP IP Law & The Constitution

August 21, 2020

Constitutional Rights: Use Them or Lose Them

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Patent Litigation and Res Judicata

August 21, 2020

Local Rules, unlike the Pirate Rules, Are More than Mere Guidelines and Ignoring Them Can Cause a Loss of Rights

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Standard Essential Patents

August 5, 2020

Standard-Essentiality is a Question for the Factfinder

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 4, 2020

Reason for Claim Amendment Was Tangential to Equivalent, Doctrine of Equivalents Applies

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

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August 1, 2020

Federal Circuit to PTAB: Show Your Work

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal