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February 13th, 2020Patentability 101: A Review of the 2019 Guidance and Update on Subject Matter EligibilityFor nearly a decade, the area of law concerning patent subject matter eligibility has been fraught with turbulence. Patent examiners,…Read More

July 30th, 2019Attorney Fees in Civil Actions Against the Director under 35 U.S.C. 145 – A review of Iancu v. NantKwest Set for October 7, 2019 Argument Before the U.S. Supreme Court.Patent applicants may seek judicial review of adverse decisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in one…Read More

May 14th, 2019Patent Trends in AgTechGlobal agricultural productivity more than tripled between 1960 and 2015.[1] Despite such impressive growth, given current trends, global hunger will…Read More

March 20th, 20192019 Intellectual Property Series for Patents at KILN LehiThe intellectual property law firm of Workman Nydegger is pleased to announce that Workman Nydegger attorneys will be discussing the…Read More

March 6th, 2019GO SPEED RACER GO! Winning Strategies for Getting that Patent Issued – SPEEDILY.The length of the patent examination process (generally 2-4 years) tends to frustrate inventors and large companies alike.  Occasionally, the…Read More

February 28th, 2019Now May Not be the Best Time to Enforce Your Diagnostic Method PatentAthena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2019). In the wake of the Federal Circuit’s decision to…Read More

February 20th, 2019Workman Nydegger IP Attorney, J. Dustin Howell discusses insights into patents, trademarks and intellectual property on the Live Create Launch Podcast.[embed width="450"]https://lassonde.utah.edu/live-create-launch-podcast-dustin-howell-ip-attorney-workman-nydegger/[/embed]Read More

February 4th, 2019Supreme Court in Helsinn: Secret Sales Can Qualify as Prior Art Under the AIAPrior to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), 35 U.S.C. §102 entitled a person to a patent unless, among other…Read More

November 19th, 2018Ancora Tech. v. HTC – Yet Another Federal Circuit Decision Finding A Computer-Based Invention Patent Eligible Under Alice/Mayo Step OneOn November 16, 2018 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decided Ancora Technologies, Inc. v.…Read More

August 23rd, 2018Overriding Patents – The Naloxone DilemmaWith no end in sight to the ongoing, and widening, opioid epidemic in the United States, politicians, public health officials,…Read More

July 25th, 2018Claiming an Economic Practice or a Mathematical Technique after SAP America, Inc., v. Investpic, LLC.Alice rejections (rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 101) often relate to claims that are rejected as being directed to abstract…Read More

July 18th, 2018Patent Drafting Reminders Gleaned from the July 16, 2018 Federal Circuit Decision (Blackbird Tech. LLC v ELB Electronics Inc.).On July 16, 2018, the Federal Circuit published its precedential decision in Blackbird Tech LLC v. ELB Electronics. Background:  Blackbird…Read More

April 12th, 2018In Re: Power Integrations, Inc.The broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim term cannot be uncoupled from the specification or render the term meaningless in…Read More

March 12th, 2018Finjan Your Claims to Patent EligibilityOn January 10, 2018 the Federal Circuit (hereinafter the ‘Court’) released its decision in Finjan v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc.…Read More

March 6th, 2018The “Quick & Dirty” Provisional – And Other Mythical CreaturesFrequently, after discussing the potential costs associated with pursuing patent protection, a potential new client will ask:  “Can’t we just…Read More