RCE: request for continued examination
Did your patent examiner send you a “Final Rejection?” Relax, it’s not actually final. It’s how the USPTO gets “request for continued … Read more
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Hague international design patents
The Hague system allows you to use one application to file design patents in many countries simultaneously, but it is quirky and doesn’t … Read more
Secondary considerations of nonobviousness
Is your examiner repeatedly insisting that your patent application claims are obvious? One option: “reboot” your examiner by submitting at least one … Read more
Software patents: China, Europe, US
Software patents that deal with technical effects, physical parameters, and improving computer function are favored, but business methods are disfavored.
Patent Public Search Tool
Want to see what an examiner might find? Try the USPTO Patent Public Search Tool. US patent examiners are a skeptical lot. … Read more
More cutting-edge Alice madness
A comparison between the USPTO patent decision process, and the process by which the Oracle of Delphi produced riddles for priests to decipher.