USPTO Has a New Avenue for Adjusting Arguments and Grounds for Rejection Mid-Appeal: The Appeals Review Panel
On March 13, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in In re Xencor, in which the Federal Circuit, for the first time, reviewed an appeal of a decision ...
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Federal Circuit: Private Sale by Inventor Does Not Trigger Prior Art Exception Under the AIA
The Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) final written decision holding that the prior art exception of ...
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CAFC Rules Provisional Application Must Support Portion of Non-Provisional Cited in Rejection to Claim Earlier Priority Date
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision in In re: Riggs, vacating ...
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Saki to Highlight Advanced Inspection Innovation at Smart SMT & PCB Assembly 2025, Korea
GYEONGGI-DO, SOUTH KOREA – Saki Corporation, an innovator in the field of automated optical and X-ray inspection equipment, will be exhibiting at Smart SMT & PCB Assembly 2025, an annual trade ...
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D.C. Circuit Denies Copyright to AI Artwork – What Humans Have and Artificial Intelligence Does Not
Can a non-human machine be an author under the Copyright Act of 1976? In a March 18, 2025 precedential opinion, a D.C. Circuit panel affirmed prior determinations from the D.C. District Court and the ...
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Construing Unambiguous Claim Language and Qualifying Challenged Expert as POSITA
Addressing the issues of claim construction and the requisite expert qualifications to testify on obviousness and anticipation, the US Court ...