On the issue of support and enablement for claimed limitations as given by drawings

Article Abstract:

A patent examiner evaluating a drawing, submitted as sole support of a claimed limitation in a patent application, relies on existing statutory and case law guidelines regarding support and enablement in order to analyze the disclosed limitation. The examiner must consider the degree of refinement in the state of the art to determine whether or not the drawing actually supports the mathematical expression that it represents. The examiner's task is difficult if the drawing is the sole support for an object whose shape is expressed in purely mathematical terms, especially when the drawing contains possible ambiguities.

Practice, Patent law, United States. Patent and Trademark Office

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A patent examining paradigm

Article Abstract:

The article suggests a patent examining paradigm to deal with an examination process in which the optimization of cycle time and demand for maintaining the highest achievable quality are combined. This paradigm requires continuing training of patent examiners in new skills.

Patent licenses, Patent licensing

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Perspectives on US classification

Article Abstract:

The author discusses a diagrammatic method of looking at the classification system used by the US Patent Office to place a particular technology within a given class. An example of the suggested methodology is provided.

Planning, Patent searching

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