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frompatentlyo.com
5 days ago

Untethered: USPTO Loosens the Article of Manufacture Requirement for Digital Designs

The USPTO relaxed design patent rules for computer-generated interfaces and icons, removing display panel requirements, allowing 'for' prepositions in claims, and extending eligibility to projected, holographic, virtual, and augmented reality designs.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
6 years ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 10: Congress and Trump Crack Down on Pharma, Amici File Briefs in Acorda, and USPTO to Modify Patent Term Adjustment Procedures

This week in Other Barks & Bites, IPWatchdog's IP news roundup: the House of Representatives passes drug patent legislation, while antitrust legislation targeting patent-related activities is introduced into the Senate and the Trump administration mandates pricing information for pharmaceutical ads; the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issues a pair of precedential decisions on cases with multiple petitions; the USPTO issues marijuana-related trademark guidelines and a notice on modifying patent term adjustment practices;
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Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
3 months ago

Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs) to Overcome Eligibility Rejections

USPTO guidance formalizes use of Rule 132 Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs) to submit evidence rebutting §101 rejections under 37 C.F.R. § 1.132.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
3 months ago

USPTO's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy: The Quiet Death of Thaler and the Legal Fiction of Human Inventorship

The USPTO now presumes human inventorship for AI-assisted inventions if any natural person is willing to sign the oath, undermining Thaler.
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