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35 U.S.C. 112 SPECIFICATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.

Allison, Lemley & Schwartz on Patent Litigation

October 14, 2014PatentAbstract Idea, anticipation, Enablement, obviousness, paid, Subject Matter Eligibility, Written DescriptionJason Rantanen

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The New Role for Post Grant Review Proceedings (PGR)

October 8, 2014PatentAIA Trials, anticipation, Enablement, IPR, obviousness, paid, PGR, USPTO Director, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Interval Licensing v. AOL: Post-Nautilus Indefiniteness

September 15, 2014Patentanticipation, Claim Construction, obviousness, paid, Written DescriptionJason Rantanen

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Judge Mayer Raises 101 When Not In Issue: Other Panelists Don’t

August 15, 2014Invalidity, Obviousness, Patent, Patentable Subject Matter, Softwareanticipation, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit En Banc, obviousness, paid, Written DescriptionDavid

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Specification describes machine with sensors – Can you omit the sensor limitation in the claims?

August 7, 2014Patentpaid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Supreme Court Patent Cases Per Decade

July 30, 2014PatentClaim Construction, Licenses, paid, Supreme Court, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit: How Not to Describe the Invention

July 9, 2014PatentClaim Construction, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Alice, Artifice, and Action – and Ultramercial

July 8, 2014PatentAbstract Idea, anticipation, Enablement, First to Invent, obviousness, paid, Subject Matter Eligibility, Written DescriptionJason Rantanen

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The Written Description of a Trade Secret

July 3, 2014Patentobviousness, paid, Trade Secrets, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit: To Satisfy the Written Description Requirement, a patent “must at least describe some species representative” of the accused product.

July 2, 2014Patentanticipation, Enablement, Federal Circuit En Banc, obviousness, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Struggling with Nautilus: Patent Claims Through the Eyes of Non-Lawyer Technologists

June 9, 2014PatentClaim Construction, obviousness, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Patent Reform 2014: Removing Non-Practicing Entities from the USITC’s Jurisdiction

June 3, 2014PatentLicenses, obviousness, paid, Venue, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Implements Low Standard for Prima Facie Indefiniteness Rejection

May 6, 2014Indefinite, Patentpaid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Court to Employer: No Paper, No Assignment

May 6, 2014PatentDamages, First to Invent, paid, Supreme Court, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Off-the-Record Examination: Is Conventional Wisdom Wrong?

April 15, 2014PatentInequitable Conduct, obviousness, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Should the Claim Construction Standard for PTAB Post-Grant Proceedings Be Changed?

March 12, 2014PatentBroadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, Inequitable Conduct, obviousness, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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In Memoriam: Prof. Sarah Tran

March 6, 2014Patentpaid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Square Pegs, Round Holes: Guest Post by Mark Janis and Jason Du Mont

January 13, 2014Patentpaid, USPTO Director, Written DescriptionJason Rantanen

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Patent Reform 2013: Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013

November 20, 2013PatentLicenses, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit: Patent Claims Broadened During Prosecution Fail Written Description Requirement

October 29, 2013PatentClaim Construction, Federal Circuit En Banc, obviousness, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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