Design Patents and Utility Patents
I hope everyone is having a happy Thanksgiving. I searched through the patent office to find patents with a Turkey and I looked through the many utility patents and design patents. This led me to wonder if people really understand the difference between the two. Utility Patents: For any process, machine, composition of matter or […]
Post-Bilski Guidelines for USPTO Patent Examiners
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has prepared further interim guidance for the patent examining corps to use when determining subject matter eligibility hof a business method patent application under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in view of the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court in Bilski v. Kappos (.PDF). This […]
How Do Inventions Come About?
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor…” 35 U.S.C. 101 A patent on an invention may not be obtained if the differences between the invention sought to be patented and the prior art are such […]