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Functional Limitation Not Inherent, but Still Obvious

September 8, 2017Patentobviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit: Even the Best Secondary Indicia Cannot Overcome this Prima Facie case of Obviousness

September 7, 2017Patentmotivation to combine, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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PTO Director (Nominee) Andrei Iancu

September 7, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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The Art of the Patent: in Playing Cards

September 6, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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More on Patent Citations and the Impossibility Skew

September 6, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Gender Analytics: Using Litigation Data to Evaluate Law Firm Diversity  

September 6, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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35 U.S.C. 103   CONDITIONS FOR PATENTABILITY; NON-OBVIOUS SUBJECT MATTER.

September 6, 2017Patentobviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Rejecting Alice

September 5, 2017PatentComics, paidDennis Crouch

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37 C.F.R. § 1.75(e), Jepson claims, and the Administrative Procedure Act

September 5, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Citing References

September 4, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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En Banc: Construing Claims

September 1, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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More Briefs in Support of ending IPRs

September 1, 2017PatentOil States, paidDennis Crouch

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Jepson Claims (Part II)

September 1, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Attorney Fees: What is the meaning of “all expenses?”

August 31, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Wherein the Improvement Comprises

August 30, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Post-IPR: What Happens If IPRs are Unconstitutional? (Part I)

August 29, 2017PatentOil States, paidDennis Crouch

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain

August 29, 2017PatentpaidAnthony McCain

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Oil States Briefing: The Chancery-at-Law

August 28, 2017PatentOil States, paidDennis Crouch

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PTAB Ducks the Record, but not the Judge Moore

August 28, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Andrei Iancu: PTO Director

August 26, 2017PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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