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Attacking Individual References of an Obviousness Combination

In re: CSP Technologies (Fed. Cir., Jan. 21, 2021) is a nonprecedential opinion that nevertheless provides us with a good excuse to discuss In Re Keller, 642 F.2d 413 ( CCPA 1981) which is cited from time-to-time by Examiners duri… Read More

Patent Owner Loses under § 101 in CBM Where Claims Not Limited to Technological Innovation Allegedly Disclosed in Patent Specification

All claims of a patent directed to a “security-based order processing technique” are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101, said the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a final written decision in a Covered Business Method R… Read More

PGR Gives a Second Bite at Patent-Ineligibility

Recent PTAB decisions on petitions for Post-Grant Review (PGR) demonstrate how little deference judges can give to patent examiners patent-eligibility decisions.  Even if the USPTO in the form of a patent examiner has deemed clai… Read More

Ex Parte Jung De-Designated as Informative by PTAB

A previous post discussed Ex parte Jung, which was designated as Informative by the PTAB on July 10, 2018.  In a bulletin posted on August 7, 2018, the PTAB states that: It has come to PTAB’s attention that the decision has… Read More

“At Least One of” Ex Parte Opinion Designated as Informative by PTAB

The PTAB interpreted claim language in the form of “at least one of A and B” to mean at least one of A and at least one of B in Ex parte Dong-Shin Jung et al. (Appeal No. 2016/008290, designated Informative on July 10, 2018).… Read More

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