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Patents: accelerated processing

The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.

Fed. Circ.'s Shaping Of Tech Patent Doctrine Resembles EPO's

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Ceiva v. Amazon crystallizes an informal U.S. heuristic, "a technological solution to a technological problem," rewarding emphasis of a tra...

Turning CPG Supply Chain Pain Into Patent Gain

CPG companies are discovering that the manufacturing innovations required to work with natural ingredients may be patentable.

Guidance: Get your patent granted more quickly

This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.

Patent Ruling Shows Concrete Tech Solution Key To Eligibility

The Federal Circuit’s recent Ceiva Opco v. Amazon.com decision offers an important reminder that software-related inventions can remain patent eligible when they claim a concrete t...

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Practical Guidance for Pharmaceutical Method-of-Use Patent Claims After Teva v. Eli Lilly and In re Xencor

How 'Markedly Different' Test Shapes Patent Eligibility Debate

Following last month's U.S. Senate hearing on the proposed Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, it is important to examine how courts and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have a...

5 IP Licensing Lessons From Fed. Circ. Asphalt Ruling

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in A.L.M. v. Zydex, concerning infringement of asphalt-related patents, clarifies what licensing terms are considered sufficiently exclusionar...

USPTO Adopts Flexible Approach to Markush Group Language

Provisional Prior Art

How a reference gets its provisional filing date as prior art after the Federal Circuit rejected thirteen years of USPTO examination policy. Continue reading this post on Patently-...

Patent Injunctions Can Reshape Markets Before Trial: Federal Circuit Tightens the Gate in Sockets Solutions

Squires Says RPIs Must Be Named If They Can Control Cases

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director explained why he rejected Viance LLC's challenge of a Koppers Performance Chemicals Inc. patent, faulting Viance for failing to disclo...

Pharmaceutical Method-of-Use Claims After Teva v. Eli Lilly and In re Xencor: Written Description, Enablement, and the K...

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Publication date 5 August 2026.

Protecting Biotech Innovation In The Platform Knowledge Era

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent shift toward leveraging prior and platform knowledge in biotechnology, companies should protect their innovations by guardi...

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

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Publication date 19 August 2026.

Playing by Different Rules: Why Equating Section 3(m) to European Patent Law Doesn’t Hold Up

[This post is co-authored by Swaraj Barooah and Maneesha Gupta. Maneesha is a fifth-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at NMIMS School of Law, Bengaluru, and a participant in the Spic...

Altilium secures a patent for its EcoCathode battery recycling process

The UK Intellectual Property Office has granted Altilium a patent, the company’s first, covering the process behind its EcoCathode battery recycling technology. The grant gives the...

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...