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USPTO Proposes Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On Monday, the PTO requested comments on the use of the IP system to incentivize humanitarian technologies and licensing to benefit “impoverished population[s].” A grab-bag of concepts and ideas was set forth, with perhaps the most concrete (and marginally useful) … Continue reading →

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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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Testing The “Myriad Method Claims” Using The USPTO Interim Guidance – Beyond “M or T”?

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Warren Woessner

In my last post, I discussed the contents of the USPTO’s “Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos.” One of the most intriguing single points for discussion comes at the end … Continue reading →

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Defining the Abstract and Conceptual – USPTO Issues “Guidance” Post-Bilski

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Warren Woessner

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 →

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