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Recently, the USPTO declined a petition to extend inventorship to an artificial intelligence machine named DABUS. In the decision, the...

New Release: The Physician Inventor

We are pleased to announce the publication of Peter's new book The Physician Inventor: The Doctor's Handbook to Patenting Medical Devices...

Barry v. Medtronic: Physician Experimental Use

Last week, the Federal Circuit rendered an opinion in Barry v. Medtronic, in which Dr. Barry alleged that Medtronic induced surgeons to...

Don't Panic. Medical Devices Are Still Patentable!

Peter Sleman was featured in an article at MedicalDevicesGroup.net, which you can read here: https://www.medicaldevicesgroup.net/medical-...

Alice Comes For Medical Devices

The CardioNet case highlights some of the Alice pitfalls and how they relate to medical devices.

Using Anonymous Third-Party Submissions to Advance Your Business Goals

Many patent attorneys have never heard of Third-Party Submissions, and most have never filed one. When properly used, anonymous...

10,000,000 Patents And Counting

Patent 10,000,000 just issued to Raytheon. You can see it here: https://10millionpatents.uspto.gov/docs/patent10million.pdf The patent...

How to Survive an IPR

Few IP practitioners were surprised by the Oil States decision on whether inter partes review (IPR) violates Article III or the Seventh...

How Long Does it Take to Get a Patent?

Aside from cost, the second most frequent line of questions from first-time inventors is about timing and process. Below is a simplified...

Partially Overlapping Claim Terms Are Not Necessarily Redundant

In Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Hologic, the Federal Circuit looked at U.S. Patent No. 7,226,459. Smith & Nephew owns the ’459 patent,...

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Recommended Preliminary Guideline for Handling Artificial Intelligence Inventorship Concerns

New Release: The Physician Inventor

Barry v. Medtronic: Physician Experimental Use

Recommended Preliminary Guideline for Handling Artificial Intelligence Inventorship Concerns

New Release: The Physician Inventor

Barry v. Medtronic: Physician Experimental Use

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Alice Comes For Medical Devices

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10,000,000 Patents And Counting

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Partially Overlapping Claim Terms Are Not Necessarily Redundant

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