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Morgan Lewis

USPTO Memo Clarifies AI/ML Patent Eligibility Rules

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Deputy Commissioner for Patents Charles Kim issued a memorandum to three technology centers reminding examiners how subject matter eligibility should be evaluated under 35 USC § 101. These technology centers often handle...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Think Twice About Appealing a § 101 Rejection to the PTAB

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) established its Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in September 2012.  As mandated by the America Invents Act, the PTAB conducts administrative trials, such as inter partes...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Patent System Stakeholders Underutilizing Open Data Resources at the USPTO

Fostering and supporting innovation is, quite literally, the mission of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). To advance this mission, the USPTO hosts a suite of web portals that empowers patent applicants,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Circuit Chastises PTAB Over Moving Target On Ex Parte Appeal

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The Federal Circuit decision in In re Durance is a rare precedential decision in an ex parte appeal from a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision rejecting a pending patent application. The Court took the USPTO to task...more

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