WHIPgroup files a large number of cases using the patent prosecution highway (PPH), which accelerates prosecution by allowing the USPTO to consider another patent office’s written opinion. WHIPgroup often uses this procedure for foreign clients, since a U.S. application can benefit from a positive opinion in a corresponding foreign national or PCT case. Overall, 67% of WHIPgroup’s PPH cases have been allowed without an Office Action. Another 5% of cases were found to have allowable subject matter in the first Office Action. Final disposition of PPH cases, from filing of the request to obtaining a granted patent, is typically less than a year. Accordingly, leveraging this program results in drastically lowered prosecution costs for WHIPgroup clients.
January 2, 2025 marks a momentous day for Margo Kirby and her late husband Bruce Kirby. After a nearly 12-year legal battle in federal court, including an appeal to the Second Circuit, a federal judge [Read More…]
Join WHIPgroup’s Managing Member, Wes Whitmyer, Jr. on January 16, 2025 at 5:30 as he hosts TechXel Stamford Expert Talks lecture on patents, trademarks and intellectual property topics! All are welcome and encouraged attend this [Read More…]
By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. Koslow Technologies Corporation (Koslow) was sued in the SDNY in a 100-page complaint over a contract claim related to the supply of gravity water filters which remove viruses. One World [Read More…]