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August 2009

Seeing the Forrest: Considering Worldwide Patent Trends

August 7, 2009Patentpaid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Patent Office Keeps Check, Lets Patent Go Abandoned For Being $10 Short

August 6, 2009PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Transformers v. Decepticons – Petitioner’s Brief In Bilski

August 5, 2009PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Cooper Cameron: First Inter Partes Reexam Appeal to the Federal Circuit

August 4, 2009Patent, Patent Cases 2009, ReexaminationpaidDennis Crouch

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New Proposed Patent Rules Significantly Change Claim Construction Briefing

August 3, 2009PatentClaim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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Ex parte Competitive Technologies, Inc. (B.P.A.I. 2009)

August 2, 2009PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, First to Invent, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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