February, 14th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys filed a Pre-Appeal Brief in a patent application related to a method for providing a fault tolerance in an industrial automation and control system. The Examiner had rejected all claims as allegedly being [Read More…]
February, 8th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup
WHIPgroup client Executive Data Systems, Inc. (“EDS”) successfully resolved a district court proceeding regarding the use of its ALL-IN-ONE® trademark by Zola Media LLC. The case was filed in the Southern District of New York, [Read More…]
February, 8th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully obtained allowance of another case using the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH). The invention is directed to a system for characterizing the wetness of two layers of paint through modelling paint parameters. The Notice [Read More…]
February, 7th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys were successful in reversing all prior art rejections of claims directed to a medical apparatus for mounting a sheath onto the distal end of a surgical shaft instrument. WHIPgroup argued that the cited [Read More…]
February, 7th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup continued its successful use of the patent prosecution highway (PPH). The PPH is a set of initiatives designed to accelerate patent prosecution by allowing participating patent offices to benefit from one another’s opinions (e.g., [Read More…]
February, 6th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup is pleased to announce that it continued its successful trend of wins before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Of the 16 decisions WHIPgroup obtained in 2017, 13 resulted in a reversal of the [Read More…]
January, 30th, 2018
Categories: Blog, Events Tags: whipgroup
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January, 19th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup obtained another patent allowance using the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) Program. In U.S. Application No. 13/452,108 directed to an endoscopic light conducting device, a Final Office Action rejected pending claims for obviousness. WHIPgroup [Read More…]
January, 17th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: whipgroup
Welcome to our Winter 2018 newsletter. In this newsletter, we highlight our trademark enforcement practice. In order to help make trademarks part of your New Year’s resolutions, please take advantage of our offer below for [Read More…]
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