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Practical 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 MoreWorkman Nydegger Celebrates the Swearing-In of Two of its Attorneys
Workman Nydegger is proud to announce that two of its attorneys, Andrew Macdonald and Mansi Chauhan, were officially sworn in as members of the Utah State Bar. The ceremony took place on October 3, 2024,…
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…
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