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patent drafting

USPTO Provides Guidance For Claims Directed To Computer Readable Media

January 29, 2010

In a notice dated January 26, 2010, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided guidance for patent applicants who use claims directed to computer readable media  (also called machine readable media and similar variations).  A problem has developed in the way the USPTO and the courts have interpreted such claims, i.e., they may [...]

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Business Method Patent Tips Offered In Wake of Bilski, Comiskey, MuniAuction

June 19, 2009

Patent practitioners discussed the viability of business method/software patent protection during a recent BNA audioconference looking at recent decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  But, they also provided clues on best strategies for litigating patents that have already been granted.
The June 3rd conference, sponsored by BNA’s Legal & Business EDge division, [...]

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Possible Strategies For The Bilski Machine-or-Transformation Test

April 17, 2009

I attended a recent BNA audioconference on patent prosecution and post-grant considerations in view of Bilski.  The conference offered the insights of practitioners Kenneth N. Nigon of RatnerPrestia, Valley Forge, Pa., and Stephen C. Durant of Duane Morris, San Francisco, on drafting claims and seeking to reissue patents put in doubt by the Federal Circuit’s Bilski decision.  [...]

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