February 05, 2020
Bryan K. Wheelock
Principal
St. Louis Metro Office
696 Recent Articles
February 04, 2020
Federal Circuit Asks PTAB to Give it a Go and Decide Whether Indefinite Claims Were Otherwise Patentable
January 31, 2020
File When Ready! Criteria for Determining if an Invention Should Be Patented
January 30, 2020
General Knowledge is Available in Obviousness Inquiry Even Though IPRs are Limited to Documentary Prior Art
January 23, 2020
Affirmed: Patent Owner’s Claim Construction that Excluded Preferred Embodiments Was Not Correct
January 10, 2020
Lack of Showing of Criticality Dooms Claims
January 10, 2020
IPR Decision Wipes Out Patent Owner’s Earlier Victory in District Court
January 07, 2020
Markush Groups Open to Additional Elements
January 01, 2020
Happy New Year! Celebrating a New Year with Patents
December 27, 2019
Inherency Supplied Missing Claim Limitation in Obviousness Analysis
December 26, 2019
Points of Difference from Prior Art Did Not Make it to the Claims; Claims were Anticipated
December 25, 2019
Patents for a Merry Christmas!
December 19, 2019
Award of Attorneys’ Fees Hinges on a Finding of an Exceptional Case, Not an Exceptional Part of a Case
December 18, 2019
Patent Owner’s Praise for Other Inventions Destroyed Presumption of Nexus between Commercial Product and Claims
December 18, 2019
It is Importation that Infringes under 35 USC § 271(g), Not Manufacture
December 16, 2019
Plaintiff Who Dismissed Patent Infringement Case Still Must Pay Defendant’s Attorneys’ Fees
December 16, 2019
Substantial Evidence Supported Jury Verdict that not all Infringing Uses were Reasonably Related to Developing and Submitting Information to the FDA
December 12, 2019
Yabba Dabba Don’t — “Bedrock Principle” Prevents USPTO from Recouping Attorneys Fees
November 11, 2019
Thank You, Veterans
November 08, 2019