Issuance of 101 U.S. Utility and Design Patents in 2019
2019 was an extremely successful year, with Weide & Miller obtaining the issuance of 101 U.S. utility and design patents for its clients.
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01, 2020
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11, 2019
Complete Reversal at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Weide & Miller obtains a complete reversal at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Weide & Miller had appealed the examiner’s rejection of all claims in U.S. Application Serial No. 15/057,289, directed to a closed-loop medication monitoring [...]
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03, 2019
CAN MY INVENTION BE PATENTED?
UNDERSTANDING 35 U.S.C. § 101 AND THE ALICE DECISION Overview Section 101 sets forth the type of inventions which are entitled to be patented (assuming they meet the other requirements for patentability, such as novelty (under Section [...]
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08, 2018
December 2017: Multiple Actor Direct Infringement
A long-accepted rule in U.S. patent law was that to find direct infringement of a method claim, performance of all claimed steps must be attributable to a single entity. Under prior case law, the actions of a [...]
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08, 2018
May 2017: Location of Patent Infringement Suits
In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1400, a patent infringement suit may only be brought in a jurisdiction where the defendant resides or where the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established [...]