July, 19th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was again successful in using the Pre-Appeal program to overcome a final rejection. The examiner issued a Final Office Action with patentable subject matter and prior art rejections. The invention concerns a system for [Read More…]
July, 18th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, computer, patent, PTAB, software, USPTO
By Joseph V. Hajjar The Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International unleashed a shockwave on the threshold for patent-eligible subject matter. In the technology center for computer software alone, the percentage of [Read More…]
July, 14th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, chemical, IPR, litigation, patent, precedential, PTAB, RCE, USPTO
By Mackenzie L. Long In 1950 the Supreme Court outlined the two tests for evaluating the doctrine of equivalents in the case, Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co., 339 U.S. 605, [Read More…]
July, 14th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
After receiving a final rejection in U.S. Patent App. No. 14/282,391, WHIPgroup attorneys filed a Response including a request for participation in the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) Program. In a subsequent interview, WHIPgroup attorneys [Read More…]
July, 5th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was again successful in reversing an examiner’s rejection before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The claimed invention is directed to a drying agent arrangement installed inside an instrument housing of an optical [Read More…]
June, 21st, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, computer, litigation, patent, software, USPTO
By Andrew P. Siuta In Cardionet, LLC, v. Infobionic, Inc. the District Court of Massachusetts held that a claim for optimizing the transmission of patient data constituted patent eligible subject matter. The patent disclosed and [Read More…]
June, 13th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: computer, litigation, patent, precedential, software
By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. In denying a motion for partial summary judgment that no reasonable jury could find “sales within the United States” based on Defendant’s products that are “ordered, manufactured, shipped, billed, and [Read More…]
June, 8th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was again successful in reversing an examiner’s rejections before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The claimed invention is directed to a configurable control system for an operating room. At issue were limitations [Read More…]
May, 23rd, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, precedential, whipgroup
On May 22, the Supreme Court held that defendants in patent litigation can only be sued in districts where they are incorporated or have a principal place of business. The decision, TC Heartland LLC v. [Read More…]
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