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Bhagat v Iancu Did the Myriad Decision Overrule Funk Bros

A September 6th post by Dennis Crouch at PatentlyO (“ A Mixture of Known Compounds is Unpatentable without a Transformation “) led me to a closer reading of the cert. petition filed in Bhagat v. Iancu, (Case No. 18-277) an appeal from In re…

September 10, 2018Patent Prosecution3 min read

In Re Urvashi Bhagat the Slippery Slope of Natural Product Claims

I will start out by recommending that you read all of MPEP 2106 – Patent Subject Matter Eligibility . I rarely admire PTO policy rules and guidelines, but this section reflects a lot of work, particularly in the standards for evaluating whether or…

March 19, 2018Federal Circuit5 min read