December, 20th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was successful in obtaining allowance of a case directed to a power system for controlling dynamic positioning of a ship. After receiving a Final Office Action, WHIPgroup submitted a P3 request and argued the [Read More…]
December, 15th, 2016
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: IPR, PTAB, startup, USPTO
By Paul L. Fraulo An Inter Partes Review (IPR) is a trial proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that serves as a powerful tool to challenge the validity of a U.S. [Read More…]
December, 15th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was successful in overturning an Examiner’s rejections of claims directed to a voice-controlled medical system. The invention addresses problems in prior art systems where ambient microphones are poorly adapted to deal with background noise [Read More…]
December, 12th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys were again successful in using the P3 program to advance patent prosecution. Claims to a computer system for controlling dispensing of a consumable product were rejected as anticipated in a Final Office Action. [Read More…]
December, 9th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was successful in using the P3 program to advance prosecution of an application for a robot control system. The claims were rejected in a Final Office Action as being obvious over several prior art [Read More…]
November, 22nd, 2016
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, CAFC, CBM, PTAB, USPTO
By Michael J. Kosma, Michael A. Lavine On November 21, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) had improperly expanded the definition [Read More…]
November, 15th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup succeeded in using the Post-Prosecution Pilot (P3) Program to obtain allowance of an application directed to a module arrangement for power semiconductor devices. In response to a final office action rejecting the claims as [Read More…]
November, 14th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys obtain favorable decision using the Post-Prosecution Pilot (P3) Program for a case directed to a dc supply unit for a power provision unit. After receiving a final rejection, WHIPgroup presented arguments to a [Read More…]
November, 14th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys were successful in reopening prosecution for a patent application directed to voice control of medical devices. The application received a Final Office Action rejecting the claims as anticipated by two references. WHIPgroup attorneys [Read More…]
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