Congratulations! The Patent Office Wants More of Your Money! EP149
The Patent Office is raising its fees for patents starting on January 19, 2025! To figure out what you actually need to pay for various things can be quite confusing as there are 471 lines of fees tha...
26 Nov 20246min
What is a Patent Post-Grant Supplemental Reexamination? EP148
What is a patent post-grant supplemental reexamination? Once your patent has been issued, sometimes you might want to have the Patent Office take a second a look to see if it really should have been i...
9 Okt 20248min
Tricky Time Zone Patent Deadlines. EP147
There are some tricky situations when it comes to the absolute final time for you to submit a document to the Patent Office. Is the final deadline based on the time zone you're in? Based on the time z...
26 Sep 20248min
Update on the Public Disclosure and On-Sale Bar Doctrine. Secret Methods! EP146
If you disclose your product or sell it before you have a patent application on file, you may be barred from getting a patent due to the on-sale bar doctrine. But what if you have a secret METHOD, lik...
23 Aug 20248min
What are Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and FRAND? EP145
In this episode I go over Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) terms. If someone comes up with a patent for a technology, and that technology becaus...
14 Juli 20248min
Can You Patent Indigenous Knowledge and Genetic Resources? EP144
A new treaty was adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization about using knowledge and resources from indigenous people. This may have an effect on drug patents, where the initial knowledg...
10 Juni 20249min
The New Design Patent Application Obviousness Test. EP143
There is a new standard for determining whether a design is obvious (and not patentable). The "old" rigid test called the Rosen-Durling test has been supplanted by a more flexible approach under the ...
30 Maj 20247min
What is the Printed Matter Doctrine and Why You Can't Patent Your Book. EP142
In this episode I go over a doctrine in patent law called the "Printed Matter Doctrine." You generally can't get a patent on something if the only difference is that you provided some written instruct...
8 Maj 20247min
