Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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When the Framers drafted the U.S. Constitution, they conferred upon Congress the right to grant patents to authors and inventors for their writings and discoveries. Under the first-to-invent system currently utilized in the U.S. prior to this year’s…
The United States has always been a leader when it comes to innovation and invention. However, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has become overworked and backlogged in recent years, resulting in a slow patent approval system and the…
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (P.L. 112-29) has changed the patent law landscape more thoroughly than any legislation since the Patent Act of 1952. The First-Inventor-to-File (FITF) provisions of the AIA have received the greatest attention. However,…
