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Congratulations

MERCEDES K. MYER, J.D., Ph.D., a partner at Drinker Biddle in DC was recently nominated (read “appointed”) to the Board of Directors of AIPLA. She was a the PTO Relations Subcommittee Chair when I was chair of the Biotechnology Committee … Continue reading

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GETTING TO ALLOWANCE – SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CLIENTS

1. Tell Your Patent Attorney What You Want Your Patent To Do. IP attorneys are continuously told that we should be business partners with our clients, not just patent scribes. But there are lots of ways to protect an invention. … Continue reading

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BIO/CHEM/PHARMA CUSTOMER PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES – REPORT FROM 3/3/09 MEETING

Although this report (see link below) is of the March meeting, I hope to have current reports of meetings soon after they occur – if they continue to occur. It also gives me a chance to visit memory lane. In … Continue reading

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IN SEARCH OF CHAKRABARTY, “NATURAL PHENOMENA” AND WHERE BILSKI WENT BAD, WITH A GLANCE BACK AT ARIAD.

I was finishing up my recent comment on the reexamination proceedings involving the Baltimore et al. patent, when a fragment of one of the Office Actions caught my eye and stuck in my mind. The Examiner is trying to explain … Continue reading

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