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Why So Many Patent Filings Were Filed In The US On Or Before 15 March 2013
Why So Many Patent Filings Were Filed In The US On Or Before 15 March 2013 Attorney Charles Macedo addresses the question: Why did so many patent applicants rush to file patent applications before the America Invents Act (AIA) law changes went into effect – and what might happen if they didn’t? Click here to […]
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PTAB Reverses Examiner’s Obviousness Rejections In Two Related Appeals Where Examiner Did Not Provide An Adequate Rationale For Combining References
On November 30, 2012, the recently formed Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) issued two decisions in appeals in which they reversed the examiner’s obviousness rejections based on the examiner’s failure to satisfy the standard for obviousness articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007). More […]