March, 7th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup has filed a patent application directed to improving the efficiency and security of intellectual property filings. The application recently published as U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2017/0032482. This technology helps attorneys around the world work [Read More…]
February, 23rd, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
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, [Read More…]
February, 15th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys were again successful in using the P3 program to overcome a Final Office Action. The patent application is directed to an algorithm for searching objects in a process control system. The claims were [Read More…]
February, 14th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, litigation, patent, software
By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. Summary Judgment decisions from California, Texas and Delaware early in 2017 refuse to find asserted software patents invalid under 35 USC § 101 after applying the first step of Alice [Read More…]
February, 14th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: computer, patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys successfully appealed rejections for a patent application directed to data packet aggregation for wireless communication. In its Appeal briefs, WHIPgroup differentiated data frame encapsulation taught by wireless networking publications. The Board agreed with [Read More…]
February, 7th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: patent, PTAB
By Patrick D. Duplessis The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits the judicial authority of the federal courts to subject a state to an unconsented lawsuit, and precludes certain adjudicative administrative proceedings from adjudicating [Read More…]
February, 7th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, startup, trademark, whipgroup
WHIPgroup’s February 8 presentation to entrepreneurs at TechXel Stamford’s Venture Expert Series to focus on patents and trademarks for local startups. See Eventbrite announcement.
February, 6th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys obtain favorable decision using the Post-Prosecution Pilot (P3) Program for a case directed to an electric battery recharging plant. After receiving a final rejection, WHIPgroup presented arguments to a P3 Panel asserting that [Read More…]
January, 31st, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, CAFC, litigation, patent, software
The Federal Circuit, in Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. CQG, Inc. et al., found claims covering a graphical user interface (GUI) for electronic trading of stocks to be patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101.[1] [Read More…]
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