Often, an applicant will submit a terminal disclaimer to overcome an obviousness-type double patenting rejection between two or more patent applications or application(s) and an issued patent. In the terminal… read more →
When two patent applications or a patent application and an issued patent have claims with conflicting subject matter, the PTO may issue an Interference to decide which party is the… read more →
The character Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1933. In 1938 they signed a publishing agreement with DC Comics for only $130 which unfortunately (for them)… read more →
Very often claims include specific ranges. For example, an electronic device claim may recite a specific amount of certain chemicals such as, 5-10 weight percentage of Titanium, 5-10 weight percentage… read more →
Before AIA, if an application was filed with an ADS that included a typographical error for an inventor’s name, we filed a Request for a Corrected Filing Receipt along with… read more →
Failure to respond to an office action, pay an issue fee or maintenance fee within the statutory period will generally result in the application becoming abandoned. The applicant must file… read more →
Most of the time, inventors are very cooperative with the patent process. A patent application is one more star they can add to their CV. Further, many times companies have… read more →
Changing Information With the America Invents Act (AIA) came a new Application Data Sheet (ADS) and new rules. When changing inventor or applicant information, now a corrected ADS is required… read more →