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IP Hot Topic: Is This Clear Enough? A Caution Against Claiming Transparency but Excluding Translucency From a Design Patent’s Scope
17 Nov 2025 20:53 GMT
… Circuit pointed out that the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure permits oblique shade lines “to … 3165603 (Fed. Cir. 2025).
[2] Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 1503.02(II).
[3] Smartrend …
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Big Trouble in Small Entity: The USPTO’s New Crackdown on Fee Status Fraud
14 Nov 2025 21:42 GMT
… Notice of Change to the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) (https://www …
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Complete inventive entity required to avoid “by another” prior art under pre-AIA § 102(e)
13 Nov 2025 23:04 GMT
… conflicted with language in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), which suggests that the …
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Exemplary or optional elements in Canadian patent claims
11 Nov 2025 00:03 GMT
… of the USPTO in its Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) appears less definitive than … 4.9 - Optional features.
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Ninth Edition, Revision 01 …
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Latest Federal Court Cases: Merck Serono S.A. v. Hopewell Pharma Ventures, Inc.
04 Nov 2025 20:04 GMT
… allegedly contrary guidance in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, and that it was thus …
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Taking a Cue from the “Unpredictable Arts” – New Thinking for Preparing AI Applications
01 Nov 2025 23:25 GMT
… which the claimed invention pertains.” Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) 2164.03. Inventions typically …
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Standing Firm After Round One, But Going Nowhere After Round Two
24 Oct 2025 00:36 GMT
… been treated separately in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure since 1948. Critically, a continuation …
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IP Hot Topic: Causam Enterprises, Inc. v. ITC: An Assignment for “Continuations” Did Not Include “Continuations-in-Part”
22 Oct 2025 15:38 GMT
… .” Citing the Patent Office’s Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) and standard patent practice …
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Watch Out Section 101, the USPTO Has a New Sheriff in Town
17 Oct 2025 23:09 GMT
… internal guidelines (such as the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure) and (ii) whether internal review …
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The USPTO Just Quietly Made Interviews Harder, and That’s a Problem
11 Oct 2025 05:54 GMT
… to clash with long-standing Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) guidance, which recognizes that …