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…]
January, 25th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys were again successful in using the Pre-Appeal program to advance prosecution. The invention is directed to an arrangement having a medical instrument and a manipulator that can be releasably connected to one another [Read More…]
January, 25th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
After an oral argument before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, WHIPgroup secured a written opinion reversing the Examiner’s rejection of claims covering computerized control systems and related software for providing control of real world [Read More…]
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