Ex Parte Desjardins: The USPTO makes AI Patents easier
USPTO Director Squires issued a precedential decision, further opening the door for patents on AI inventions. Here’s what this decision means. Prosecuting … Read more
Federal Circuit
Beware the “on-sale bar”
A patent is invalid if the invention was sold more than a year before filing (on-sale bar), and the recent “Helsinn v … Read more
Thales patent eligibility ruling
A recent Federal Circuit case, Thales Visionix Inc. v United States, continues the process of restoring sanity to the ongoing “Alice” patent … Read more
Sending Alice to Planet Blue
Forget “patent invalid because abstract”, the Planet Blue decision finds the real issue is “preemption.” Non-preemptive software claims are not abstract. In … Read more
Rapid Litigation: Biotech patent win
In “Rapid Litigation”, the Federal Circuit is further cleaning up the 35 USC 101 “abstract” patent eligibility mess caused by SCOTUS’s Alice and Mayo decisions.
Bascom: another Alice software win
The Bascom court decision helps software patents by suggesting that step 2 of the Alice test should follow established obviousness rules.