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December, 19th, 2016

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Please note that due to the Federal Holiday our offices and the USPTO will be closed on Monday, December 26, 2016. Any U.S. deadlines falling due on that day will automatically be extended to the [Read More…]

December, 15th, 2016

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WHIPgroup is pleased to announce that it has elected Stephen Ball as a member of the firm. Mr. Ball serves as outside IP counsel for U.S. and international companies and his specialties include IP portfolio [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

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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

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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, 16th, 2016

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Chelsea A. Russell joins Whitmyer IP Group as an associate today. Ms. Russell graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2016 and has experience assisting small businesses and entrepreneurs with their trademark [Read More…]

November, 15th, 2016

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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

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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…]