The recent
Bilski
decision should
encourage US patent applicants to use a
variety of claim types, include a machine
or transformation in the body of the
method claim, and include more specific
embodiments in the written description
The most valuable patents a company
owns may not be those that drive
licensing deals, but those that underpin
products and secure freedom of action
While there is much debate about why
we have a financial crisis and how
to solve it, one thing is clear: as a
society that depends on the creation of
capital, we know very little about how
capitalism works
Inter partes
re-exams did not catch on
immediately, but they are becoming
increasingly popular at the USPTO
