If the USPTO makes New Year’s resolutions, "release new guidance documents" must have been at the top of its list for 2019. Patent practitioners were treated to not one, but two new examination guidance documents in the Federal Register as…
In recent years, software-centric patents have been increasingly at risk for receiving rejections from the US Patent Office under 35 U.S.C. § 101. These rejections, based primarily on the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. V. CLS Bank…
On June 19, 2018 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000 symbolizing the breath and strength of American invention and showing that patents are still an important tool in protecting innovation. Patent No. 10,000,000 for…