In an Ex parte McAward, Appeal No. 2015-006416 (published August 25, 2017), the Patent Trial and Appeals Board ruled that the Supreme Court opinion in Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. does not mandate a change in the US…
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The PTAB held that the claims in Ex parte Quimby, Appeal No. 2016-004681 (June 2, 2017) were directed toward unpatentable subject matter. Of particular interest given the claim language, the Appellant was unsuccessful with argum…
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Lest anyone think that patent-eligibility determinations at the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) are easy, even in appeals in ex parte patent prosecution, consider the recent case of Ex parte Plondke, Appeal 2016-00…
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In roughly the last month, the PTAB has decided 41 ex parte appeals involving arguments that the proposed modification in an obviousness rejection impermissibly changes the principle of operation of the primary reference. By way o…
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