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Jepson and Other Point-of-Novelty Claims in U.S. Patents, 1976–2026

Point-of-novelty claims are rare: Jepson claims appear in 0.03% of U.S. patents, and the European two-part form in well under 1%. Continue reading this post on Patently-O.

Fed. Circ. Upholds Patent Denial In SAWS-Bias Challenge

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday swiftly upheld the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's decision to deny an inventor's internal combustion engine patent application after he argued...

Fed. Circ. Reverses Denial Of Catheter Patent Claim

The Federal Circuit on Thursday threw out a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that refused to give patent protection to the first claim in an Incept LLC medical catheter paten...

Patent Pending Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

There’s a phrase that feels like it has magical powers in the patent world: patent pending. Most inventors think it means they’re protected while they develop, test, pitch investor...

Section 99A: Power of Patents Court to order report

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Section 118: Information about patent applications and patents, and inspection of documents

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UFlex secures Indian patent for aseptic liquid packaging machine

UFlex has received a patent from the Indian patent authority for an invention titled “high-speed twin aseptic pack packaging machine for liquid products”, with protection granted f...

PTAB Grants Patent Owner’s Sealing Motions in IPR2025-01250

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s October 1, 2026 order in IPR2025-01250 grants the Patent Owner’s motions to seal, reinforcing a familiar but important PTAB principle: while Boa...

Raghav Productivity Enhancers' subsidiary bags patents for quartz processing

The patents were granted on September 14, 2026, under the provisions of the Patents Act, 1970. The two patents cover a Precision Automated PLC Weighing & Batching System and a...

Fed. Circ. Says Metadata Backs Valtrus In Google Search IPR

The Federal Circuit on Monday rejected Google's efforts to renew its Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenge of a Valtrus Innovations Ltd. search engine patent, saying that Microso...

Squires Grants 10 Patent Reviews, Rejects None

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has instituted 10 more Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions, largely in the pharmaceutical space.

PTAB Grants Patent Owner’s Sealing Motions in IPR2025-01250

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s October 1, 2026 order in IPR2025-01250 grants the Patent Owner’s motions to seal, reinforcing a familiar but important PTAB principle: while Boa...

License to Litigate: Exclusive Licensee May Sue Without Patent Owner

When Broad Patent Claims Need a Backup Plan: Portfolio Lessons From Nielsen v. TVision

USPTO Sets Radiation Monitoring Patent Order As Informative

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has added weight to a Patent Trial and Appeal Board order from earlier this year that undid a decision rejecting an RNA patent application.