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Eligibility: Novelty and Nonobviousness Evidence is Irrelevant to the Inventive Concept Question

November 2, 2017Patentobviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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British Invasion in DC

November 2, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Oil States Amicus Briefs Seek to Stabilize IPR Constitutional Footing

November 1, 2017PatentOil States, paidDennis Crouch

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Most Cited Federal Circuit Decisions 2014-2017

October 31, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Claiming Active Systems but Distinguishing IPXL

October 31, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Protecting Government Owned Trademark Rights

October 29, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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USPTO On REDDIT

October 29, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Patent Law Moot Court: Myriad in Light of Mayo

October 28, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Sovereign Immunity: Does Sovereign Immunity Protect a State Against Charges of Stealing Invention Ownership?

October 27, 2017Patentinventorship, paidDennis Crouch

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October Surprise

October 27, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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PatentlyO Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain

October 26, 2017PatentpaidAnthony McCain

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AIA Trials – Study Query

October 26, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Looking-Back: TC Heartland; Waiver; and a Change in the Law

October 26, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Patent examiner specialization

October 26, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Oil States Briefing: Linking AIA Trials to Reexaminations

October 25, 2017PatentOil States, paidDennis Crouch

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PCT Filing Offices

October 25, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Oil States: Government Explains Its Position – A Patent is not Property but Merely a Limited Franchise

October 24, 2017PatentOil States, paidDennis Crouch

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Ex parte McAward – Testing Claims for Indefiniteness

October 24, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Means-Plus-Function: Lack of disclosed structure also fails written description (and nullifies priority claim)

October 24, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Receiving a Sequence of Symbols

October 23, 2017PatentAbstract Idea, double patenting, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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