July 6, 2020by Beau Burton
On May 13, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a decision in Ex parte Ismagilov reversing an Examiner’s rejection of original claims for failing to comply with the written description requirement.
May 29, 2020by Beau Burton
On April 3, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a decision in Ex parte Wallero reversing an Examiner’s obviousness rejection because the Examiner failed to provide a sufficient factual basis to establish that a claimed feature was disclosed in the examples of a Japanese reference for which there was only an English abstract of record. No. 2019-004064 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 3, 2020) (non-precedential).