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Director Kappos “Chats” About PTO S.W.O.T.
Wednesday noon at the AIPLA 2010 Annual Meeting, USPTO Director David Kappos engaged in a “fireside chat” (actually podium-side chat) with AIPLA Executive Director and former PTO Director Q. Todd Dickinson about the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats that he has … Continue reading
Posted in USPTO Practice and Policy
Tagged AIPLA, David Kappos, intellectual property, ip, IP law tools, Patent Law, USPTO, Warren Woessner
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Defining the Abstract and Conceptual – USPTO Issues “Guidance” Post-Bilski
Before I write another word, I want to recognize and applaud the intellectual and logistical effort it must have taken for Director Kappos and his helpers to put together six pages of “Interim Guidance For Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for … Continue reading
Director Kappos Comments on Ariad v. Lilly
USPTO David Kappos recently posted a comment on the Fed. Cir. decision in Ariad v. Lilly in which he noted that the Fed. Cir. held that broad functional claims (presumably mechanism-of-action claims) must be supported by sufficient species (read “working examples”). While … Continue reading
Posted in Written Description Requirements (WDR)
Tagged Ariad v. Lilly, David Kappos, Patent Law, patents, USPTO, Warren Woessner
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David Kappos and The Impact of KSR – A Unique Opportunity For Our Profession
By Paul Cole Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property Law, Bournemouth University, UK On Tuesday 24 November, David Kappos made a posting on the Director’s Forum including the following statement: Some have suggested that the Office is determining obviousness in a way … Continue reading