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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
In a highly anticipated – and stunning – decision, the US Supreme Court today ruled not only that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was constitutionally prohibited from entertaining…
This is about a minor point in how the USPTO processes new applications that has bothered me on occasion. Since the adoption of the AIA, US patent applicants are required…
The hottest story in Israeli biotech in 2017 was the August acquisition of Kite Pharma by Gilead Sciences for 11.9 billion dollars, and the announcement in October of FDA approval…
1. I wrote last month about a glitch in the ILPTO’s online payment system that forces patentees’ agents to login and pay renewal fees in two stages, rather than do…
We have a patent for which renewal fees are due. The application was filed January 12, 2012. The patent was granted on September 30, 2017, so renewal fees for years…
I wrote last year about the legal wrangling between Delaware North (DNC), which held the concessions at Yosemite National Park until the end of February 2016, and the National Parks…
Interesting news item from last week: according to Allergan’s web site, on September 8 Allergan and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe announced that Allergan had assigned several patents to the…
We’ve blogged before about modified examination in Israel under section 17(c) of the statute. Per §17(c), if a corresponding patent is granted in certain other jurisdictions, one can gain a…
I think every US practitioner who uses EFS/PAIR has encountered the situation where they upload a document via EFS and classify is as one thing, which is initially how the…
There’s a thread today on Carl Oppedahl’s EFS listserv about the processing of new US patent applications being delayed while a national security review takes place. Many people may not…
Before you answer that question, first read this story that appeared on the Fox News website under the headline “UN agency helps North Korea with patent application for banned nerve…
Last month the ILPTO published final versions of two circular notices; the drafts of these notices were discussed at length here, here, here, here and here. The final versions aren’t…
I don’t think any readers of this blog have been living in a cave for the last 25+ years, but if you have, one of the most popular comic strips…
I feel like every time I use the ILPTO's electronic filing system, I discover another bug…and another potential work-around. The latest? Read on. We've got a national phase application that's…
Over the course of the past 10 years or so, the ILPTO has been moving in the direction of speeding up examination of patent applications. Most noticeably, the ILPTO has…
This is the fifth installment of our discussion of the first of two recent draft circulars, “Draft Circular 34/2016”. Part G is directed to the suspension of examination of a…
This is the fourth installment in our discussion of the first of two recent draft circulars, “Draft Circular 34/2016”. Part E concerns “Claims that refer to drawings and examples to…
Continuing with discussion of the first of two recent draft circulars, “Draft Circular 34/2016”, Part C pertains the order of examination of “Green” patent applications, viz. “those patent applications that…
Yesterday I noted that the ILPTO had published draft "circular notices" and requested comments on them. Today we continue with discussion of the first of these draft circulars, “Draft Circular…
The Israel PTO recently published two draft “Commissioner’s circular notices” (hozrei rasham in Hebrew available here and here), requesting comment by January 19, 2017 (to be sent to MitmahePatents@justice.gov.il). No…
On December 29,the ILPTO launched its electronic filing system for design applications. We haven't yet tested it ourselves…and based on the EFS for patents, we don't know if anyone practicing…
There’s a piece today in the Washington Post about how, when viewed microscopically, a cat’s tongue is seen as a perfectly-designed untangling hairbrush, which makes sense given how much time…
One of the many defective aspects of the ILPTO's electronic filing system for patents is its failure to generate a downloadable receipt of submissions upon making those submissions. You upload…
Carl Oppedahl is a patent attorney in Colorado, and besides having great views out his office window, he's a technophile who years ago set up a slew of listservs pertaining…
Last week on one of the listservs to which I subscribe, someone posted a question. I received some nice feedback from some people I whose opinions I respect, so I…
In July 2012, Israel enacted legislation facilitating publication of patent applications 18 months after the earliest priority date. Unlike in the USA, where the move to 18-month publication did not…
Once upon a time, there wasn’t email, let alone instant messaging, Facebook, Twitter, etc. If you go back far enough, there weren’t even fax machines. Back in those days, patent…
At some point, when things are little less hectic, we’re going to write a dissertation on the problems with the Israel PTO’s electronic patent filing system (henceforth “ILEFS”), in the…
Those of us above a certain age recall the 1960's sitcom Hogan's Heroes, about a group of irreverent Allied POWs and their incompetent captors, Colonel Klink and Sergeant Schultz. The…
One of the things I like about the USPTO’s EFS is that for most types of filings, a practitioner doesn’t need a power of attorney in order to file a…
I’m Dan Feigelson. I’ve been practicing patent law for over 30 years. I’m also opinionated, as you may discover in reading my writings here.
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