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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) could provide a much-needed boost to key technology sectors of the U.S. economy
12 Sep 2025 12:11 GMT
… created exceptions to patent eligibility of abstract … 101, titled: “Inventions Patentable” (herein “USC 101”). … categorically excluded from patent eligibility by the … patented, if the innovations meet the other statutory requirements of novelty, non-obviousness …
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Indian Patent Office releases highly anticipated examination guidelines for computer-related inventions
10 Sep 2025 17:35 GMT
… technical purpose – and decide patentability accordingly.
The Guidelines also state … beyond incidental impact; and
conclude patentability.
Numerous examples clarify what … programs per se.
Novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability
For assessing …
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Taiwanese Supreme Court and Supreme Administrative Court rulings provide inventive step clarification
03 Sep 2025 12:43 GMT
… the lack of an inventive step of the patented invention.
Not satisfied with … that had found the patented invention to lack inventive step.
The Supreme Court … that had found the patented invention to lack inventive step, and the case …
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Ideas and Innovations in Patent Law
04 Sep 2025 06:18 GMT
… criteria: industrial applicability; novelty; and non-obviousness.
Patent terms are 20 years for … a stringent non-obviousness standard, requiring a significant inventive step. Utility model patents cover innovations …
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An overview of Taiwan’s patent laws
04 Sep 2025 06:19 GMT
… criteria: industrial applicability; novelty; and non-obviousness.
Patent terms are 20 years for … a stringent non-obviousness standard, requiring a significant inventive step. Utility model patents cover innovations …
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The right formula: Minimising the cost of chemical and pharma patents
26 Aug 2025 11:06 GMT
… explain how to reduce patent prosecution expenditure and obtain … better IP protection.
Patent prosecution is a significant … in better patents.
1. Develop an overall patent and … rebutting an obviousness (or inventive step) rejection.
Examiners review the …
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CNIPA Publishes Compilation of Key Points of Decisions in Typical Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Cases (2024)
24 Aug 2025 23:08 GMT
… the inventive step. If the differences in component structure between the patent at … standards in the assessment of inventive step
[Case No.] 4W116433 Carrier Aggregation … for Decision] In the inventive step evaluation of patents in the field of …
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Why working with AI in patent matters is not straightforward – for now
21 Aug 2025 16:58 GMT
… novelty and/or inventive step.
Objections based on … by the examiner.
Inventive step objections usually claim that … second challenge, referring to inventive step, both AI assistants provided … in patent matters
Arguing over novelty and inventive step is …
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Breaking the Patent Thicket: Why the Proposed ETHIC Act Could Have Big Implications on Pharma Patent Law
21 Aug 2025 00:18 GMT
… Judiciary.[4]
What Are Patent Thickets?
A “patent thicket” is the term … potentially creating a “Patent Group” by making non-obviousness arguments over commonly owned … patents rather than taking the …
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Japan: AI and extraterritoriality dominate patent landscape as JPO refines examination practice
18 Aug 2025 14:33 GMT
… include patent eligibility, eligibility of cited inventions, novelty and inventive step, specification … basis for determining novelty and inventive step;
whether an invention generated … scope of the ’304 Patent, the patented invention had not been …
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