Early this spring, in Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. v. Promega, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reviewed a district court opinion on the validity of an issued patent 1. The court ...

It is not uncommon for inventors to want to attempt to draft and file patent applications on their own, and I frequently get asked about sample patent applications. Here is where you as an inventor ...

“In re Baird illustrates that the disclosure of a genus in the prior art is not necessarily a disclosure of every species that is a member of that genus. Patentees can use this concept to their ...

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Xiaohui Wu and Jianhui Li of Wanhuida Intellectual Property discuss the crystalline form patent application when determining the inventive step Given that China’s Guidelines for Patent Examination ...