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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.

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Mapped: Which Indian States File the Most Patents?

Patent applications offer a window into where innovation is taking shape across India. Which states are in the lead?

IP Protection for Physical Products: What to File First

Patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyright, trade dress—physical products can need all of them. Here’s what each covers and the order that actually makes sense. The post IP Prot...

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...

Patents That Make You Wonder Who Was Sitting in the Patent Office

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

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

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Supreme Court Patent Cases

Supreme Court denies VirtaMove without holding it for Tesla, Kahoot!, Intel, or FedEx. Plus new petitions on post-expiration royalties and § 101. Continue reading this post on Pate...

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...

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 Axes Claims In Ex-Intel Chip Patent In Win For Arm

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that British semiconductor maker Arm Ltd. showed that all the challenged claims of a chip patent owned by patent licensing company Daeda...

Design Patents Did It: How China Passed Japan in US Patent Grants

China passed Japan in US patent grants in 2024, but the margin is almost entirely design patents. Japan still leads in utility patents. Continue reading this post on Patently-O.

FY2026 Patent Data Update: Grants, Publications, and Cross-Border Inventors

Final FY2026 numbers: 315,825 utility grants, continuing applications at 26% of grants, US-origin share at 39%, published applications down 6%, and cross-border inventor teams on a...

IPO patents service roadmap

We are sharing our roadmap of planned changes, improvements and enhancements over the coming months to the new patents service.

LEGO SMART Play Sued for Patent Infringement

The LEGO Group has been sued by a patent company, May Patents Ltd., that alleges LEGO SMART Play infringes on three of its patents. According to Bloomberg, the patents in question...