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How to Satisfy the Written Description Requirement
Written description Must allow a skilled person To carry it out A recent Federal Circuit decision explores the challenges involved in properly describing a claimed invention in a patent application. Quake v Lo involves shared claims in an issued patent and a patent...
Patent for Testing Circuits with Laser Survives Challenge
Using a laser To check semiconductors Is patentable A patent for testing electronic circuits using a laser has survived a challenge that the subject matter was patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Section 101 states: Whoever invents or discovers any new and...
Can a Robot be an Inventor?
Can robots invent? Patent filing challenges Traditional rules Who – or what – can be considered an “inventor”? 35 U.S.C. § 100(f) defines “inventor” as: the individual or, if a joint invention, the individuals collectively who invented or discovered the subject...
WIPO Says Cybersquatting Cases Reach Record High
New domain names mean
more cybersquatting cases;
WIPO resolves them

Patent Examiners to Get Automated Prior Art Searches
USPTO
says it’s making progress on
Prior Art Project