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Federal Circuit Affirms in In re Gamble After Pro Se Applicant Forfeited His Indefiniteness Arguments
In a nonprecedential October 7 opinion, the court affirmed because a pro se applicant forfeited his substantive arguments against...
Your Provisional Application Just Became More Important
A precedential Federal Circuit decision in August 2026 held that a published application gets its provisional's earlier date, for prior-art...
USPTO Watch
Rulemaking, discipline, designations, and decisions inside the Office.
What It Means When the PTAB Calls a Decision "Informative"
In August 2026 the USPTO designated a Markush-claim appeal decision as informative after a stakeholder nominated it. Informative decisions...
Practice Watch
Official enforcement against fraudulent and unauthorized patent services.
How to Spot a Fake Patent Lawyer Before You Pay One
Only registered patent attorneys and agents, and people the USPTO has granted limited recognition, can represent you before the USPTO in a...
Lawsuits
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Boston Scientific Sues Atraverse on a Continuation Patent 22 Days After It Issued
An October 7 complaint in the District of Delaware asserts at least claims 1 and 22 of U.S. Patent No. 12,733,955 against Atraverse's...
Federal Circuit Orders USC's Patent Suit Against Google Moved to Northern California
In a nonprecedential October 6 order, the Federal Circuit granted Google's petition for a writ of mandamus, vacated the Western District of...
Federal Circuit Gives "Joined" Its Ordinary, Broad Meaning in a Lighted Cover Plate Appeal
In a nonprecedential October 5 decision, the court reversed summary judgment of non-infringement on six claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,871,324...
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