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USPTO Issues “2010 KSR Guidelines Update”

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On September 1st, the Office of Patent Legal Administration (I didn’t know there was one) issued 17 pages in the Fed. Reg. (Vol. 75, 53643) updating its obviousness guidelines. (A copy of the guidelines is found at the end of … Continue reading →

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INJUNCTION BARRING ESC RESEARCH FUNDING APPEALED

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Warren Woessner

The Justice Department has appealed the injunction levied by Judge Lamberth of the D.C. District Court that would negate President Obama’s executive order, issued in 2009, that repealed President Bush’s order of 2001, barring Federal funding of research on embryonic … Continue reading →

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Court Blocks Obama’s Stem Cell Order

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Warren Woessner

In December of 2009, I argued that President Obama’s Executive Order 13505, that lifted President Bush’s 2001 Order banning the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research, should be a Top Biotech Story of 2009. The Bush … Continue reading →

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University IP In The News – Expedited Examination And March-In Request

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On July 29th, Rep. Frank Wolf (D.-Va.) introduced H.R. 5980 that would give priority to examination of patent applications filed by U.S. universities and by their “patent holding companies.” The definition of the latter seems a bit vague, but is … Continue reading →