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Ropes & Gray LLP

Best Practices for Diligencing Chain-of-Title for Post-AIA Patent Applications with Assignee-Applicants

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Patent diligence in the context of M&A and other types of commercial transactions typically involves confirmation of a patent’s chain-of-title ownership, from initial inventors through to the current assignee-owner. The...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - June 29, 2021

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Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., No. 20-440: In the late 1990s, Csaba Truckai invented and patented a device to treat abnormal uterine bleeding. Truckai assigned his interest to his company, Novacept, which in turn...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

So Why Do I Have To Sign This Declaration Again?

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This is a question that I often am asked when inventors have been working with us for an extended period of time. In the past, we could use an existing, executed declaration in the family for a new member, but not after...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

USPTO Left Hand Doesn’t Know What the Right is Doing: An Unexpected Consequence of Recording Combined Declaration/Assignments

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The America Invents Act (AIA) introduced several changes to inventor oath/declaration practice that took effect in 2012. One such change is the ability to incorporate an inventor’s required declaration statements into an...more

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