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PTAB Reverses Rejections of All Claims

August, 1st, 2017

WHIPgroup successfully obtained reversal of rejections for all claims in an Ex Parte Appeal. The computer-implemented invention is directed to secure joining of a computer as a node in a process control system without the [Read More…]

Prosecution Reopened After Pre-Appeal Brief

July, 28th, 2017

WHIPgroup attorneys successfully used the Pre-Appeal Program to advance prosecution of a case directed to a robot control system. The application discusses problems in the prior art where fast robot movements can occur and cause [Read More…]

Appeal Brief Results In Allowance

July, 20th, 2017

WHIPgroup successfully obtained allowance of an application with the filing of an Appeal Brief. The technology relates to an electrically insulating fluid made with isoparaffins derived from a renewable carbon source. The claims were finally [Read More…]

Prosecution Reopened Following Successful Pre-Appeal Brief

July, 20th, 2017

WHIPgroup is pleased to report another success from using the USPTO’s Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review program. A Final Office Action rejected the claims of a patent application directed to a novel, length-adjustable endoscopic device. [Read More…]

Another Success With Pre-Appeal Program

July, 19th, 2017

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…]

Weathering Hurricane Alice

July, 18th, 2017

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…]

Supreme Court Rules Disparagement Refusals Unconstitutional—Will Scandalous Refusals Be Next?

July, 14th, 2017

By Chelsea A. Russell On June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court expanded trademark protection in its much-awaited ruling of Matel v. Tam, 582 US ___ (2017). The Lanham Act has long held that a trademark [Read More…]

The Great Chemical Divide: Federal Circuit Suggests the Insubstantial Differences Test for Evaluating Equivalence in Chemical Patent Cases

July, 14th, 2017

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…]

WHIPgroup Obtains Allowance Using the AFCP Program

July, 14th, 2017

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…]

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