March 11, 2021
Bryan K. Wheelock
Principal
St. Louis Metro Office
696 Recent Articles
March 11, 2021
Marking Your Trademark: ® or TM
March 08, 2021
Hindsight May be 20-20, but it has no Place in Evaluating Obviousness
January 07, 2021
It’s OK to Give Less Weight to Suggestive and Descriptive Terms when Comparing Marks as a Whole
January 06, 2021
Even If Phrase Was In the Preamble, it is a Claim Limitation that was Not Met
January 06, 2021
Judgment of Non-Infringement Moots Appeal of PTAB Decision Sustaining Validity
December 29, 2020
Late Request For Leave to Amend Complaint to try to Save Patent on Ineligible Subject Matter Denied
December 23, 2020
A Preference for Something Else is not Teaching Away
December 11, 2020
Patent FAQ: Patent Renewals, Expirations, Coverage, Tax Benefits, and More
December 07, 2020
Breach of Confidentiality Agreement Required Transfer for Resulting Patents
November 26, 2020
Petitioner Can Substantiate Prior Art When Challenged by Patent Owner
November 20, 2020
Apparatus Claims Sometimes Incorporate Process Limitations, but Not this Time
November 04, 2020
Descriptive Use of a Registered Trademark is not Infringement
September 25, 2020
Finding Claims Non-obvious Was Not Error, It Was the Application of the Proper Evidentiary Standard
September 24, 2020
IPR Estoppel: It’s Not A Second Bite at the Apple if You Didn’t Get a First Bite
September 05, 2020
§315(c) Does Not Allow Board to Join IPRs or to Add Issues to an IPR via Joinder
August 30, 2020
Goodwill Hunting
August 28, 2020
Inventorship, Unlike a Claim, is a “Nose of Wax”
August 27, 2020
Pointed Tip is Not a Substantially Flat Surface
August 27, 2020