by evansfox | Nov 29, 2012
I love a sense of humor, especially when trying to make a point with a bit of sarcasm. I applaud the creativity of attorney Bob Kohn in the case of United States v Apple et al. (Civil Action No. 12-CV-2826). Attorney Kohn was given only five pages to make his legal...
by evansfox | Nov 29, 2012
Rochester is feeling the impact of the Kodak bankruptcy. However, there are signs that the economy is recovering through small and midsized technology companies and start-ups. Over the past year, there has been a steady increase in patent applications and issued...
by evansfox | Nov 27, 2012
When a patent drafter crafts the disclosure (the specification and drawings) in a patent application, there are techniques that can be used to position the application in the best possible way to overcome (and avoid) some of the most common Examiner rejections. It is...
by evansfox | Nov 26, 2012
It appears that more than half of patent applications are issued a restriction requirement, in which a Patent Examiner believes your claims contain more than one invention and asks you to elect one invention to be examined. The other invention’s claims are then...
by evansfox | Nov 26, 2012
A patent provides protection for that which is outlined in the claims. You want to have the broadest protection possible, but the claims cannot be written so broadly that the description of the invention is no longer objective. If the reader has to guess at how the...
by evansfox | Nov 16, 2012
Over the past few months, Applicants have been receiving Section 101 rejections for non-patentable subject matter, especially where the subject matter involves personalized medicine and DNA-related compositions and methods. To successfully rebut these rejections, and...
