Extensive design patent searches are a typical and essential method for assuring that the design application is granted.

There is significant redundancy in the prosecution of patent applications around the world, as many patent practitioners are well aware....

Drafting a patent application is not as easy as many think. Many times those new to the industry fail to adequately describe inventions...

While there is no such thing as a world-wide patent, there is something that approximates a world-wide patent application that can result in a patent being obtained in most countries around the world. This patent application is known as an International Patent Application, or simply an International Application. The international treaty that authorizes the filing of a single patent application to be treated as a patent application in countries around the world is the Patent C

An Inter Partes Review (IPR) is a trial held before the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to cancel specific claims of a patent on a ground that could be raised under §102 or §103, and only on the basis of prior art consisting of patents or printed publications. An IPR petition may be filed by any person who is not the patent owner and who has not filed a civil lawsuit challenging the validity of the patent. IPR proceedings are available 9 months after the grant da

What is Patent Invalidity Search? A patent invalidity search is a process to invalidate a patent. The patent invalidity search is...