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Intellectual Property

Mar. 7, 2015

Patent prosecutors face tougher tests after Supreme Court ruling

Lawyers seeking protection for their clients' inventions are facing new challenges due to recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policies.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Lawyers seeking protection for their clients' inventions are facing new challenges due to recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policies.


The current legal and administrative landscape has eliminated the days when patent prosecutors could draft expansive patent claims that covered multiple functions and methods tied to an invention, according to attorney Robert D....

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