by Sean HutchinsonEddie Bishop | Feb 8, 2022 | EPO
Background In our previous article, we discussed the expected referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal in case T 116/18, wherein the Board of Appeal decided greater clarity was required concerning the use of post-published data when considering inventive step. The...
by David Eyre | May 1, 2021 | US & International
Up until now, there has been an international system for disclosing nucleic acid and proteins sequences in a format that can be used by patent offices for searching and examination of patent applications. This system is administered by the World Intellectual Property...
by Sean Hughes | Feb 1, 2021 | US & International
Key Revisions to the Chinese Guidelines for Patent Examination Supplementary Data Historically, in China, the rules on submitting supplementary data in favour of sufficiency and/or inventive step have been very strict throughout patent prosecution. This was bad news...
by Eddie Bishop | Nov 1, 2020 | US & International
Snyders’ Heart Valve Patent Snyders’ patent was to an artificial heart valve that crucially can be inserted into place without removing the native damaged valve. This is explicitly stated in the description with further details of how the artificial valve...
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