On February 16, 1937, the United States Patent Office issued Patent No. 2,071,250, entitled “Linear Condensation Polymers”, to Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, a research chemist at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The patent covered a revolutionary synthetic linear condensation polymer capable of being drawn into strong pliable fibers, as well as the process for […]

On December 11, 2019, writing for a unanimous Court Judge Sotomayor ruled that the language in Section 145 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S. Code § 145, that provides that the prevailing party is entitled to “all expenses of the proceedings” does not authorize reimbursement of the PTO’s attorneys’ fees. Peters v. NantKwest, 589 U. S. […]

Today powerful computers perform computationally intensive processes similar to the cognitive functions we associate with the human mind, such as learning and problem solving. This is sometimes referred to as Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). As AI plays an ever increasing role in the development of potentially patentable inventions questions of inventorship and novelty arise. In August […]

On September 12th, in a case of first impression, a three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit ruled unanimously that the scope of a design patent can be determined by its title alone, where the figures do not depict an article of manufacture. In Curver Luxembourg, Sarl v. Home Expressions Inc., Curver filed for a design […]