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Ex Parte Reexaminations
Ex Parte Reexamination remains a viable way for patent owners and third parties to request the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to reconsider the validity of a granted patent based on patents and other printed…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Recognized in the 15th Edition of Best Law Firms – United States
Workman Nydegger is pleased to announce its ranking and inclusion in the 15th Edition of Best Law Firms – United States, independently produced by Best Lawyers. Workman Nydegger received a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in…
Read MorePractical Tips for Responding to Office Action Rejections (Part II)
When responding to an Office Action, as a patent practitioner, you have a variety of tools available in your “toolbox”. A previous posting discussed several such tools. Another tool available in the toolbox is to…
Read MorePractical Tips for Responding to Office Action Rejections (Part I)
When responding to an Office Action, as a patent practitioner, you have a variety of tools available in your “toolbox”. One such tool includes identifying whether the cited art even qualifies under 35 USC 102(a)…
Read MorePractical Tips for Claim Drafting
Drafting patent claims can be tricky, in that sometimes we may not think about the implications of how we choose to draft a given claim. For example, is there really any significant difference between “The…
Read MoreDouble Patenting Drama: Recent Cases and USPTO Proposals
The legal framework for obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) and its relationship to patent term adjustment (PTA) continues to evolve. In Gilead, the Federal Circuit held that a later-issued but earlier-expiring patent is a proper ODP reference…
Read More20 Workman Nydegger Attorneys Named to the 2025 Best Lawyers, Including One to Watch
Workman Nydegger is happy to announce that 20 of our exceptional attorneys have been named in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Workman Nydegger is incredibly proud of their accomplishments and the…
Read MoreThree Workman Nydegger Attorneys Recognized as Salt Lake City’s “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers
Workman Nydegger Attorneys John Stringham, David Todd, and Thomas Vuksinick have been recognized as Salt Lake City’s “Lawyer of the Year” in the areas of Copyright Law (Stringham), Litigation in Intellectual Property (Vuksinick), and Patent…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Recognized in the IAM Patent 1000 2024 Edition
Workman Nydegger is pleased to announce that nine of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2024 IAM Patent 1000 United States: Utah rankings. Among them, Rick Nydegger has been honored as a global leader,…
Read MorePatent Eligibility Test Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Response Strategies
The precedent set by the Supreme Court in Diamond v. Chakrabarty (447 U.S. 303 (1980)) held that “anything under the sun that is made by man” is patentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101. This standard…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Receives Top Ranking in Patent Designs by Juristat
Workman Nydegger has proudly secured its position as the 12th Best Law firm for Patent Designs in Juristat’s latest ranking of the Top Firms in 2900: The Best Law Firms for Design Patents. This achievement…
Read MoreKerecis Presentation at the USPTO: Pioneering Innovations in Regenerative Medicine
Dan Mooradian, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at Kerecis hf, presented at the Patent Examiner Technical Training Program for Technology Center 3700. Dan was accompanied by Jon Gunnar Gudmundsson of Kerecis and representatives from Workman Nydegger, Justin…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger’s John Guynn Awarded Best Technical Paper at 2015 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference
Workman Nydegger Shareholder John Guynn, together with John Kline of Kline Consulting, LLC, recently co-authored and presented a paper at the 2015 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference. The paper, titled “Maximizing SCM Content of Blended Cements”, was…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Litigator Thomas R. Vuksinick Named Patent Litigation Lawyer of the Year in Best Lawyers in America®
Thomas R. Vuksinick, a litigator at Workman Nydegger, Utah’s largest intellectual property law firm, has been named Salt Lake City Patent Litigation Lawyer of the Year in the 2014 Best Lawyers® guide. Only a single…
Read MoreWorkman Nydegger Ranked as a Top Tier Law Firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®
Workman Nydegger, Utah’s largest intellectual property law firm, is ranked as a top tier Utah law firm by U.S. News-Best Lawyers in the intellectual property litigation, patent litigation, patent law and trademark law practice areas.…
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