Patently-O
Is described as "the most popular patent law blog and a daily read for thousands of attorneys and agents from every major IP firm, innovative corporation, and TC at the USPTO."
Author: Dennis Crouch is a law professor and patent attorney at the University of Missouri Law School in Columbia. He also authors Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Patent Law • Science & Technology Law • University of Missouri-Columbia • Law Professor • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Patently-O
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The Flawed Nature of the False Marking Statute
A new working paper by Professor Elizabeth Winston (Catholic U) discusses problems in court interpretations of the false marking statute 35 U.S.C. § 292. Professor Winston argues that false marks should be presumptively actionable: "A…
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Assistant Examiners and Patent Term Adjustment
Newly minted patent examiners play the role of "assistant examiners" at the US patent office. The work of assistant examiners is reviewed by primary examiners, and both are reviewed by supervisory patent examiners as well…
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Bits and Bites: Voting Again
Today (June 30) is the last day to vote in Gene Quinn’s blog popularity contest. VOTE HERE. Great new site by the guys of PriorSmart: http://news.priorsmart.com/. I’m going to do an in-depth study of a…
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Dropping Claim Counts
Earlier, I published the results of a study of rising claim counts in issued patents over time. My data for that study ended in 2005. I have now updated the dataset for patents issued from…
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Centocor v. Abbott: $1.67 Billion Jury Verdict
Centocor (Johnson & Johnson) & NYU v. Abbott Labs (E.D.Tex. 2009) In what may be the largest patent jury verdict in US history, an Eastern District of Texas jury held Abbott Labs liable for $1.67…
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Prelim: The Association Between Grant Rate and Pre-Filing Searches
In the not too-distant future, the PTO will likely re-invigorate its effort to force patent applicants to conduct pre-filing prior art searches. During his stint as IPO President, Marc Adler suggested that rational patent applicants…
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Effect of a Stipulated Dismissal
Garber v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) (Fed. Cir. 2009) Garber first brought his patent infringment suit against the CME and CBOT in 2004. However, he had some trouble…
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Evidence Based Prosecution: The Status of Applications Filed 4 ½ Years Ago
This morning I created a dataset of prosecution information for 462 randomly selected utility patent applications filed in December 2004 and January 2005 to get a sense of where those applications stand after 4 ½…
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Timeline of the BPAI Backlog
I used data reported by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) to compile the chart above. The chart reports the number of pending appeals each month from October 1997 – May 2009.
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Bits and Bytes: In the News
PTO Funding Emergency: Andrew Noyes reports on an emergency funding bill for the PTO that would allow the agency to use surplus funds from its trademark budget to fund the growing shortfall on the patent…