Category: Patent Protection
What Does Patent Pending Mean?
Wednesday | August 5, 2020By Shane Skwarekpatent attorneypatent pendingPatent Protectionprovisional patentPeople often encounter products that are marked with the phrase “patent pending,” but what does that really mean? “Patent pending” can be somewhat misleading to those unfamiliar with the lengthy process involved with obtaining a patent in the United States.…
Read MoreIs My Idea Patentable?
Thursday | July 9, 2020By Shane Skwarekpatent attorneypatent eligibilityPatent Protectionprovisional patent applicationUnder Article I § 8 of the United States Constitution, Congress was given the power to grant inventors exclusive intellectual property rights over their discoveries. In 1952, Congress codified a law that allows “[w]hoever invents or discovers any new and…
Read MoreHow to protect ideas and designs with design patents
Tuesday | June 23, 2020By Shane Skwarekdesign patentsintellectual propertyPatent ProtectionOverview of a design patent When one thinks of a patent, what might come to mind is a complex mechanical or electrical device. These are probably examples of utility patents, which cover and protect the functionality of inventions. However, most…
Read MoreCustomedia Techs. Patent for Storing Ads Invalidated
Saturday | March 14, 2020By Shane Skwarek35 U.S.C. § 101court rulingpatent applicationpatent eligibilityPatent Protectionpatentability searchsoftware patentsubject-matter eligibilityPatent claims to storing ad data based on user preferences locally at a user's video player were confirmed invalid in Customedia Techs., LLC v. Dish Network Corp., No. 2018-2239, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 7005 (Fed. Cir. March 6, 2020). To…
Read MoreThe Patent Office Wanted Us to Pay for What?!?
Monday | December 16, 2019By Shane Skwarekfiling patent applicationpatent applicationpatent lawyerpatent officePatent Protectionsupreme courtThe U.S. Supreme Court held that the costs borne by an appellant seeking review of a rejection from the U.S. Patent Office by a District Court do not include the apportioned salaries of the Office's employees in Peter v. Nantkwest.…
Read MoreU.S. Patent Office Revises Guidance on Subject-Matter Eligibility
Saturday | January 5, 2019By James Watsonpatent applicationpatent attorneypatent officePatent ProtectionThe U.S. Patent Office has issued its much-anticipated update to the guidance on examining patent applications for compliance with the subject-matter eligibility provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 101. Those familiar with the situation will know that the U.S. Supreme Court…
Read MoreU.S. Patent Office Revises Guidance on Subject-Matter Eligibility
Saturday | January 5, 2019By Shane Skwarekpatent applicationpatent attorneypatent officePatent ProtectionThe U.S. Patent Office has issued its much-anticipated update to the guidance on examining patent applications for compliance with the subject-matter eligibility provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 101. Those familiar with the situation will know that the U.S. Supreme Court…
Read MoreComputer-Implemented Method of Simultaneously Generating Construction Payroll and Certified Records for Government Projects Invalidated as an Abstract Idea
Monday | July 18, 2016By James Watsonpatent eligibilityPatent Protectionsoftware patentIn Shortridge v. Found. Constr. Payroll Serv., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the invalidation of Shortridge’s claims directed to software for construction companies that simultaneously generates employee payroll and certified public records required by certain…
Read MoreComputer-Implemented Method of Simultaneously Generating Construction Payroll and Certified Records for Government Projects Invalidated as an Abstract Idea
Monday | July 18, 2016By Shane Skwarekpatent eligibilityPatent Protectionsoftware patentIn Shortridge v. Found. Constr. Payroll Serv., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the invalidation of Shortridge’s claims directed to software for construction companies that simultaneously generates employee payroll and certified public records required by certain…
Read MoreThe Ongoing Mysteries…
Wednesday | October 28, 2015By Shane Skwarekpatent applicationPatent ProtectionAn applicant’s ability to secure patent protection for certain types of subject matter continues to be unpredictable. On September 29, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent Office decided Ex parte Mishra et al., No. 2013-008084,…
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