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Demystifying Patent Prosecution
26 Sep 2025 00:42 GMT
… What Exactly Is a Patent?
Patents are exclusionary rights. … patents cover asexually reproduced plant varieties.
Why Filing Dates Matter
The filing date … sets the benchmark against which a patent … keep the same filing date but pursue additional …
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SHARC Energy Receives United States and European Patents
23 Sep 2025 12:00 GMT
… patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), securing global patent- … pending status for 30 months from the filing date. Leveraging … with additional European “Unitary Patent” validations planned in multiple EU …
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Some new drugs aren’t actually ‘new’ – pharmaceutical companies exploit patents and raise prices for patients, but data transparency can help protect innovation
23 Sep 2025 13:06 GMT
… to an invention before the filing date. This information is often referred … companies from obtaining low-value patent extensions without discouraging further research … , we saw similar patenting adjustments among the patent owner’s competitors, collaborators …
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Patent Basics for Tech Companies: Effectively Protecting Your Tech
23 Sep 2025 03:06 GMT
… from the filing date. In addition, a patent’s term … is measured from the earliest non-provisional filing date … acquisition costs. Integrating patent filings into overall financial … companies considering acquisition, patents can be the crown …
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Macau courts says two LT Game patents void, company appeals ruling
22 Sep 2025 21:03 GMT
… infringement of the respective patent rights”.
In their counterclaim … innovative effect” of the patents “from known technology”.
“ … property rights – including the patent – granted under Article 47 … patent is protected for 20 years from the filing date …
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Nintendo's controversial patent on Pokemon mechanics likely won't threaten the likes of Palworld and Persona, as IP expert argues there are already potential ways to invalidate it, including StarCraft
19 Sep 2025 14:25 GMT
… Violet.
Looking at the patent itself, an "information … , who has previously researched patent eligibility and software copyrights, … the 2022 earliest filing date of this patent, had all the … then that invalidates the patent under the patent law rules of …
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Türkiye: a comprehensive guide to patent prosecution under the Turkish Industrial Property Law
18 Sep 2025 12:51 GMT
… within 12 months before the filing date or, if a priority right … with their permission and the filing date of the patent application. This period is … conduct searches for international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
As …
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Netherlands: how strategic EPO patent prosecution can intentionally enhance FTO uncertainty for third parties
18 Sep 2025 12:51 GMT
… expired. Most patent rights expire 20 years after the filing date. Also, with … after the filing date, just before the grant of a patent of the … issuance of patents throughout the 20 years counted from the filing date. An …
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United Kingdom: the evolution of patent infringement by equivalents with UPC comparative analysis
18 Sep 2025 12:51 GMT
… of the patent have concluded that the patentee nonetheless intended … the assessment of infringement. Patents for Inventions, Blanco White, … constitute infringement of the patent with equivalent means.
This … in the art at the filing date’. Again, equivalence had …
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No, Nintendo and Pokémon did not patent ‘summoning characters and making them battle’
17 Sep 2025 19:00 GMT
… . Whether this particular patent could unreasonably restrict the … potentially invalidate this specific patent: by anticipation or obviousness … the 2022 earliest filing date of this patent, had all the … that invalidates the patent under the patent law rules of …