U.S. Patent Rules (see 7 CFR 1.137) permit abandoned patent applications to be revived if the applicant asserts that the abandonment was either unintentional or makes a showing that abandonment was...

It was hoped that the Supreme Court might resolve this controversy when it decided the case of Quanta Computer Inc. v. L.G. Electronics. Unfortunately although its decision of June 8, 2008 made it clear that the Court of Appeals for the Federal...

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District Court grants Summary Judgment Holding USPTO Rules on Continuations and the Number of Claims...

District Court grants Summary Judgment Holding USPTO Rules on Continuations and the Number of Claims...

Last Monday, the United States Supreme Court handed down two decisions on patent matters: KSR v. Teleflex relating to the standards to be used in judging whether a claimed invention is obvious and so unpatentable; and Microsoft v. AT&T relating...