News

November, 10th, 2016

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup

WHIPgroup was successful in using the Post-Prosecution Pilot (P3) Program to advance prosecution of an application for a medical manipulator system having a controller that limits use of a medical instrument when a usage count [Read More…]

November, 4th, 2016

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup

WHIPgroup attorneys obtained allowance of an application directed to a control system for a melting and refining process. The application had received a Final Office Action that rejected the claims as obvious over a patent [Read More…]

November, 3rd, 2016

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup

WHIPgroup was successful in using the Post-Prosecution Pilot (P3) Program to reopen prosecution for a case directed to a medical manipulator. After receiving a Final Office Action, WHIPgroup used the P3 program to argue that [Read More…]

October, 28th, 2016

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup

WHIPgroup successfully used the USPTO’s new P3 program for an application directed to computer software for alerting an operator of a condition in an industrial system. The application received a Final Office Action that rejected [Read More…]

October, 27th, 2016

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup

Since the start of the Post-Prosecution Pilot (P3) Program in July 2016, WHIPgroup has participated in dozens of P3 conferences. WHIPgroup has successfully used P3 to advance prosecution of applications towards allowance without resorting to [Read More…]

October, 24th, 2016

Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: PTAB, TTAB, whipgroup

WHIPgroup is pleased to announce the launch of its @PTTAB blog, which will review and derive practice pointers from PTAB decisions in AIA post-grant review proceedings and patent prosecution appeals, as well as TTAB decisions [Read More…]

September, 28th, 2016

Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup

WHIPgroup attorneys have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Syntrogi, Inc. d/b/a Qusp Labs (“Qusp Labs”) on behalf of QUSP Pty. Ltd.. (“QUSP”) QUSP is a global business in the entertainment industry which offers goods [Read More…]

September, 22nd, 2016

Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: PTAB

“Thanks to everyone at WHIP for your efforts and near-perfect record before the PTAB in the past 12-month period.” -WHIPgroup Client

September, 2nd, 2016

Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, whipgroup

WHIPgroup secured a favorable decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, reversing all rejections of an application directed to a method for representing an endoscopic view and viewing direction, which provides greater situational awareness [Read More…]