Drafting Fixable vs. Amendment Created: A Tale of Two §112 Rejections (May 16, 2026 13:37)
USPTO data show §112(b) rejections drop between first and final office actions, while §...

Amazon as Prior Art: The Rise in Design Patent §102 Rejections (May 16, 2026 11:33)
Design patent §102 anticipation rejections have risen sevenfold since 2008, driven almo...

Polar Electro’s New § 101 Cert Petition: When Courts Do the Challenger’s Job (May 15, 2026 13:57)
New cert petition: may a court assemble its own § 101 invalidity case when the movant f...

After LKQ: The Boilerplate Changed; The Rejection Rate Did Not (May 14, 2026 12:57)
Two years after LKQ Corp. v. GM, a 297-case study finds examiners stripped Rosen-Durlin...

Twice Ambiguous: Actelion v. Mylan and the Contextual Reading of pH 13 (May 13, 2026 15:47)
Federal Circuit affirms standard-temperature reading of 'pH of 13' claim term; DOE bloc...

Micro-Entity Traps for Inventors Who Also Own Their Employer (May 12, 2026 13:05)
Nesarikar v. USPTO illustrates two traps for patent applicants: the micro-entity employ...

Remains Disabled: How a Firmware Rewrite Defeated Bissell’s ITC Exclusion Order (May 12, 2026 11:00)
Federal Circuit affirms ITC no-infringement finding for Tineco's firmware-redesigned fl...