Cassandra L. Wilkinson
USPTO Updates Examination Procedures for Determining Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
On April 19, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum informing the Examining Corps of recent...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jun 26, 20183 min read
USPTO Issues U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently reached a monumental milestone, issuing U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000 on June 19th,...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
May 15, 20184 min read
An Overview of Third Party Pre-Issuance Submissions: Advantages and Disadvantages
What Are Third Party Pre-Issuance Submissions? Since the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted on September 16, 2011, there...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jun 22, 20173 min read
What does the Adoption of the Unitary Patent System Mean for U.S Inventors?
Despite numerous setbacks and delays - most recently a June 2017 decision by the German Constitutional Court that prevents Germany from...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jun 1, 20172 min read
Supreme Court Reaffirms its Interpretation of the Patent Venue Statute
On Monday May 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court decided TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC. Justice Thomas wrote...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Feb 9, 20172 min read
Hague Agreement and the First Hague Design Granted Protection in the United States
The Hague Agreement is an international registration system that allows the possibility of obtaining protection for up to 100 industrial...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jan 4, 20173 min read
Don't Wait to Record Changes in Ownership of International IP
Part of my position as an international paralegal is handling the recordation of ownership changes in various countries. This can be...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jun 23, 20163 min read
Applicant Can Petition To Reduce Patent Issue Time
Under the U.S. patent rules provided in Title 37 - Code of Federal Regulations Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights, Section 1.102 (also...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jan 20, 20162 min read
New Icons Attempt to Make Intellectual Property Concepts More Accessible to Public
Most of the general public is now familiar with the TM and ® symbols used in trademark talk. The TM symbol is generally used after a...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Nov 17, 20153 min read
Allowable Subject Matter
So your U.S. patent application got rejected, but when you read the Office Action you found a section titled "Allowable Subject Matter." ...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Sep 18, 20153 min read
Now That Your Patent Application is Filed, How Long Until You Are Granted A Patent?
Applicants and inventors work so diligently to put together the material and components of a patent application, that I often find it...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Aug 18, 20152 min read
Podcast Patent Partially Pitched
The podcasting bridge has one less troll thanks to a patent challenge from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). In April, the U.S....
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Aug 5, 20155 min read
Patent Drawings: Where Art and Science Collide
While we may never know what came first- the chicken or the egg, we now know the answer to the other question that has plagued mankind...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jul 2, 20155 min read
Understanding Your Patent Application
A nonprovisional application for a U.S. patent is made to the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and includes: (1)...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jun 11, 20155 min read
National Patent Applications
You’ve filed for patent protection in the U.S. and are now considering filing internationally. You decide that you only need protection...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
May 12, 20153 min read
USPTO Approaches Ten Million Patents Issued
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently reached a milestone: they issued United States Patent No. 9,000,000 on April 7,...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Feb 19, 201510 min read
Patent Necromancy - or - Domestic and Foreign Treatment of Patentability and Infringement Concerning
I. INTRODUCTION Access to affordable generic drugs is central among issues of debate concerning healthcare access and affordability....
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Jan 6, 20152 min read
Applicant's Age Can Reduce the Time it Takes to Get Their U.S. Patent Issued
As I discussed in a previous entry, nonprovisional U.S. patent applications are assigned to a Technology Center1 having the classes of...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Oct 16, 20145 min read
Public Disclosure and Patentability
You have a great idea, and you want to share it with your boss, your coworkers, your spouse, your patent attorney, potential investors,...
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Cassandra L. Wilkinson
Aug 17, 20144 min read
Processes and Business Methods and Cabbages and Kings!
One hundred years from now, each nineteenth day of June, grandfathers may tell their grandchildren (or whatever cyborg abominations pass...
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