Claims Drafting
Patent Profanity
Like George Carlin’s Seven Words You Can’t Say on TV, there are certain words you shouldn’t use in patent applications. The following…
Means-Plus-Function and the Risk of Losing Your Way
Means-Plus-Function The Risk of Losing Your Way Word choice matters a great deal in the world of patenting. You’re using…
Mixing Sytem and Method Claims
Mastermine Software, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2017), as well as several previous cases, have ruled that mixing system…
Loving on the Oxford Comma
Let’s start this post by my confessing that I love the Oxford comma and am therefore a bit biased. BUT,…
Patent Claim Punctuation Matters
In Securus Technologies, Inc. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., the Federal Circuit reviewed a claim construction dispute with respect to the…
Protect Your Ideas With Confidence
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