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The Provisional Application for Patent

by Michael Goltry, Registered Patent Attorney (480-991-3537; mg@pgpct.com) Since 1995, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“Office”) has offered inventors the option of filing a provisional application for patent which was designed to provide a lower cost first patent filing in the United States. A provisional application provides the means to establish an early… See the Full Article

Category: Patents

2019 USPTO Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance

In Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. V. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014) (“Alice Corp.”), the Supreme Court made clear that it applies the framework set forth in Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012) (“Mayo”) to analyze claims directed to laws of nature and abstract ideas. Alice Corp. Also… See the Full Article

Category: Patents

Patent Application Boilerplate Language Not Sufficient to show Enabling Disclosure

Unlike early patent applications, most patent applications now include closing “boilerplate language” designed to broaden the scope of patent coverage. Here is an example: Persons having ordinary skill in the art will recognize certain modifications, permutations, additions and sub-combinations therefore. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims hereinafter introduced are interpreted to include… See the Full Article

Category: Copyright , Non Disclosure

The Drawing Requirement for a U.S. Trademark Application

by Michael Goltry, Registered Patent Attorney (480-991-3537; mg@pgpct.com) A U.S. trademark application must include a drawing of the mark sought to be registered. The drawing must be clear, and must be filed with the original application to receive a filing date. The purpose of the drawing is to provide notice of the mark sought to… See the Full Article

Category: Trademark

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