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January 1, 2020

Happy New Year! Celebrating a New Year with Patents

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

December 26, 2019

Points of Difference from Prior Art Did Not Make it to the Claims; Claims were Anticipated

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

December 25, 2019

Patents for a Merry Christmas!

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

December 19, 2019

Award of Attorneys’ Fees Hinges on a Finding of an Exceptional Case, Not an Exceptional Part of a Case

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

December 18, 2019

Patent Owner’s Praise for Other Inventions Destroyed Presumption of Nexus between Commercial Product and Claims

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

December 18, 2019

It is Importation that Infringes under 35 USC § 271(g), Not Manufacture

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

December 16, 2019

Plaintiff Who Dismissed Patent Infringement Case Still Must Pay Defendant’s Attorneys’ Fees

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

December 16, 2019

Substantial Evidence Supported Jury Verdict that not all Infringing Uses were Reasonably Related to Developing and Submitting Information to the FDA

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

December 12, 2019

Yabba Dabba Don’t — “Bedrock Principle” Prevents USPTO from Recouping Attorneys Fees

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

November 11, 2019

Thank You, Veterans

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

November 8, 2019

Board Erred in Finding Reference Was Not Reasonably Pertinent to the Problem Facing the Inventor

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

November 7, 2019

Petitioner Allowed to Supplement Evidence that Reference was Available

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

November 5, 2019

OK, Campers, Here’s How to Make Your Claim Preamble a Limitation

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

October 31, 2019

Federal Circuit Loosens the Iron Grip on Evidence of Copying

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

October 31, 2019

Federal Circuit Gives the PTAB an Inferiority Complex

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

October 30, 2019

Synthesizing and Screening Thousands of Candidate Compounds Constitutes Undue Experimentation

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

October 9, 2019

Marking Your Territory: When Patent Claims Include Trademarks, Part 2

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

October 9, 2019

Setting the Standard for Claim Drafting

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

October 9, 2019

Oral Arguments in Peter v. NantKwest Suggest History and SCOTUS Favor Applicant’s Position that Attorneys’ Fees Are Not “Expenses”

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

October 7, 2019

Design Patent Infringement is a Matter of Appearance and Appearances

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal