In Bilski v. Doll, patent applicant Bernard L Bilski and his partner Rand A. Warsaw were denied a patent by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for claims pertaining to a process of managing risk in ...

“[O]ur elimination of the rigid Rosen-Durling test is compelled by both the statute and Supreme Court precedent.” – CAFC opinion But in June 2023, the court granted an increasingly rare en banc review ...

“After the per curium panel opinion in LKQ, obviousness for design patents continues with business as usual. But change may be on the horizon.” Such a change could have a significant impact on ...

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CLAIM: A COVID-19 test patent application is dated 2020 but was actually filed in 2015. THE FACTS: The patent application, for a system to determine if someone has a viral infection such as COVID-19, ...

Too many entrepreneurs treat filing a patent as a milestone in itself—proof that their invention matters. But filing a patent too early, or without a clear business strategy, can create serious ...