September, 23rd, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully convinced the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that all outstanding novelty and obviousness rejections asserted against its client’s patent application should be reversed. The claimed invention relates to a medical instrument with [Read More…]
September, 17th, 2019
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, chemical, computer, patent, precedential, software, startup, USPTO, whipgroup
By Mackenzie L. Long Earlier this year the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released eligibility guidelines for AI-related inventions. However, there still remains multiple questions regarding the ability to patent AI inventions. Late [Read More…]
September, 16th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully argued to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that its client’s invention is patentable over several cited references. The claimed invention relates to an endoscopy system including a laser diode configured to [Read More…]
September, 11th, 2019
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
By William L. Birks III A Federal District Court for the District of Delaware has decided that for a product to be virtually marked by a patent, a patentee must associate the covering patent with [Read More…]
September, 9th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup secured a favorable decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), reversing all rejections of an application directed to a hybrid transformer core. The Examiner had rejected the independent claims as allegedly being [Read More…]
August, 26th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup’s Managing Member, Wesley W. Whitmyer Jr., has been named an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law and will teach a course in Patent Litigation beginning the Spring of 2020.
August, 23rd, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
The claimed invention relates to a device for detecting signal pulses for a particle counter. The application received a Final Office Action rejecting the claims. In response, WHIPgroup attorneys submitted arguments with a request to [Read More…]
August, 16th, 2019
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: copyright, patent, software, USPTO, whipgroup
By Victor P. Lin Back in the early 1960s, an American animated series called The Jetsons presented audiences a glimpse of how life may be in the future. The show has accurately predicted – or [Read More…]
August, 13th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully argued a Motion to Dismiss on behalf of its client, Hobbs Medical. The case was filed in federal court in the District of Massachusetts with claims for patent infringement. WHIPgroup filed a Motion [Read More…]
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