Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China
Ways to Amend the Claims in the Patent Invalidation Proceedings
Cases Updated in CNIPA Guidelines - Eligibility & Inventiveness for AI & Business Method Applications
Five Impactful USPTO Procedural Developments for Patent Practitioners
Podcast: Patentable Subject Matter in 2019
The burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) sector received a boost late last year with President Biden’s “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” It directed the...more
President Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence was issued on November 1, 2023, and has made waves throughout the AI industry. Morrison Foerster has been...more
Article 26.3 of the Chinese Patent Law prescribes that the description should be sufficiently clear. However, most patent attorneys would find it difficult to satisfy the requirement of “sufficiently clear”: it takes a lot of...more
China is becoming one of the friendliest jurisdictions for AI & business method applications. We invite you to take 30 minutes, grasping the real case examples on what claims would receive a YES or a NO, based on the most...more
Inventions with numerical ranges are valuable across different technologies. Obtaining claims with numerical ranges provide competitive advantages to patent owners. Frequently, a claimed range in an application may need to be...more
For emerging companies, a patent application should combine legal skill with technical and business knowledge to produce a document that will serve as a foundation to the company’s valuation and future profitability....more
Patent attorneys and patent agents ("patent practitioners") deal with the best and brightest engineers and scientists on a daily basis. As inventors, these engineers and scientists understand the technology associated with...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a new Automated Interview Request (AIR) Form that allows practitioners to submit an online request for an interview with an examiner. The online form allows...more
Ronald J. Schoenbaum is a partner in Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP's Orange County and Silicon Valley, Calif., offices. He focuses on patent prosecution, strategic patent portfolio management, and infringement/validity...more