Patent Baristas

After the Department of Commerce sent a letter to the Committee on the Judiciary, on the views of the current Administration on S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007 — specifically, its beef with Section 4 on Damages, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property held a conference to explain the Bush Administration’s views regarding the Patent Reform […]

Even though we’ve covered the “suspicious procedures” at the USPTO regarding the Final Continuations and Claims Limits Rule, more evidence seems to keep coming to light.  See Tafas v. Dudas case to enjoin enactment of the USPTO’s new rules. The proposed Patent Office Rules include a new requirement for patent applicants to prepare an Examination Support Document […]

The Department of Commerce sent a letter to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, on the views of the current Administration on S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. The letter basically outlines the Administration’s big beef with the bill, that is, with Section 4, Right of the Inventor to Obtain […]

As a source of amusement, Modern Mechanix has a piece about how the Patent Office has become a national disgrace (in June 1930!). In the article, written for Popular Science Monthly, the author relates how, at the time it was written, there were nearly 118,000 applications for patents piled up in Washington in the greatest […]

As we reported earlier, the Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary, has issued its draft report on the Patent Reform bill (S. 1145), to amend the patent laws currently in Title 35 of the United States Code. These changes will have a dramatic impact (positive or negative depending on where you stand) on every patent applicant. […]

The Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary, has issued its draft report on the Patent Reform bill (S. 1145), to amend the patent laws currently in Title 35 of the United States Code. While the last comprehensive patent law reform by Congress was last major revision of the patent laws was the Patent Act of 1952, P.L. […]

Many readers asked about the “suspicious procedures” at the USPTO regarding the Proposed Continuations Limit Rule, the Proposed Claims Limit Rule, the Proposed IDS Rule, and the Final Continuations and Claims Limits Rule.  See Tafas v. Dudas case to enjoin enactment of the USPTO’s new rules. The question is, can’t things be explained by the ordinary […]

Another interesting brief filed with the district court asking it to issue a summary judgment that the retroactive application of PTO rules on continuation and claiming practice is foul play is by Polestar Capital Associates and The Norseman Group. See Tafas v. Dudas case to enjoin enactment of the USPTO’s new rules, “Changes to Practice for […]