enablement

§ 112 Enablement and Written Description in Post-Grant Review

When are written description and enablement requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112 met, and what is a Petitioner’s burden of showing those requirements are not met in a PTAB proceeding? In Instrumentation Laboratory Co. v. Hemosonics… Read More

October 2019 USPTO Patent-Eligibility Guidance Provides Arguments for Software Patent-Eligibility (Especially Example 45)

The USPTO’s October 17, 2019, patent-eligibility guidance update (and new examples) have received copious attention from law firm commentators and other bloggers. As the PatentlyO blog notes, the USPTO’s guidance doesn’t nec… Read More

Details Matter for Patent-Eligibility (and Other Bases for Patent Validity)

An important lesson for patent drafting – disclose and claim as much detail as you can about how the invention works, as opposed to simply what it does – falls out of a Federal Circuit panel’s split decision holding patent-i… Read More

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