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In the America Invents Act of 2011, Congress required the USPTO to establish at least three regional offices nationwide. The Trump administration’s decision to close the Denver office undermines this ...

Since its introduction in 2023, the pro-patent community has broadly supported what the draft Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) said. However, a potentially monumental, unrelated rider seems t...

Internal Performance Appraisal Plan (PAP) announcements spur outcry from patent examiners and flood of interview denials; USPTO schedules public "USPTO Hour" in response.

Statement for the Record ofJohn A. Squires

The bill would expand patent eligibility for innovations in sectors including medicine and software.

Lawmakers from both parties are collaborating with the White House to modernize America's intellectual property system.

AAU joined the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and AUTM in sending a letter to Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property leadership expressing s...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Trump Administration is considering a major change to patent fees, which would charge patent holders somewhere between 1% to 5% of the overall value of th...

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The evolution of subject matter eligibility after the Supreme Court's decisions in Prometheus v. Mayo, Alice v. CLS Bank, and Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Geneti...

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ACS Urges Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property to Support the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act

Masur & Ouellette's Patent Law: Cases, Problems, and Materials is a patent law casebook offered for free download and at-cost (royalty-free) printing under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will establish its new Southeast Regional Outreach Office at its Alexandria headquarters, reversing a previous decision to locate the facility in Atlanta, accordin...

The US Supreme Court turned away a case challenging how courts have applied its test to screen out abstract ideas from patent eligibility.

Facing §101 rejections at the USPTO and finding the Office agreeing that there's an improvement—but only to the abstract idea itself? Read the latest post.

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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently affirmed the 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection of patent claims for a mixture of three human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), finding the mixture to be ineligible for p...

When the specification makes no distinction between alternative designs, this can be an admission used against the applicant to support a design choice rejection. Read how to avoid this result in the...

PERA PREVAIL March-In Rights EU SEPs Reform TRIPS Waiver SHOP SAFE Act Patent Myth Video Series

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Qualifying applications are advanced out of turn for examination until the first Office Action. Program is open until the earlier of March 11, 2024 or until 1,000 petitions are granted.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Reverses 35 U.S.C. § 101 Subject Matter Eligibility Rejection of Receptor-Derived Peptide Claims

Groundbreaking innovators responsible for handheld cell phones, mRNA vaccines, CRISPR gene editing technology, cardiovascular health improvements, and more named by President Biden as the newest NMTI ...

A History of the Language of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA); Section 101 of Title 35 of the United States Code

Three significant bills that would alter patent law were considered by U.S. legislators in 2024. Each bill had bipartisan sponsors and was intended to benefit patent owners.

Video content for proposed legislation concerning patent eligible subject matter under US law

Nature-Based Food Products May Be Eligible for Patenting Under 35 U.S.C. § 101

Patent Trial and Appeal Board Doubles Down on Natural Products Doctrine in Human Milk Case

WASHINGTON – Today Representatives Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA), bipartisan legislation to restore patent eligibility to inventio...

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PTAB Finds That Base Oil + Essential Oil Formulation is Not a Natural Product