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Giving a counter example to describe what the invention is not

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How is prophetic language handled by the examiner and the court?

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How to find all the divisional applications of an EP?

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What if a modification to the main embodiment contradicts some of the general statements?

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Including teachings or details that do not improve the odds

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If possible, fitting multiple claims into one claim

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is it common to compile a list of questions to ask your attorney after you are satisfied with the final revision of the application?

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does the same condition but with a narrower range infringe?

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If a competitor's embodiment bypasses all of your claims, but could actually be claimed by you, would that count as infringement still?

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interpreting claims based on specifications

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Refiling of PCT application after considered withdrawal

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what if certain embodiment is clearly preferred even though it is explicitly stated that no embodiment is preferred?

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Is it illegal for the owner of a patent to mislead what is covered in the patent?

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what if a feature that is described as "optional" isn't really optional?

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Are patents often drafted and worded with the expectation that potential licensees would read it?

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does this feature from dating app Hinge infringe this patent from dating app Bumble?

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what if a dependent claim is actually broader than the independent claim

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using "examples" in the specifications to give concrete teachings but not be limited to them

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can the term "currency" and "money" be interpreted include cryptocurrencies in a software patent?

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what if a term that is in the claims is too broadly defined in the specifications?

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How to amend a claim containing "preferably" to comply with clarity issues

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Nicknames for the USPTO? [closed]

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what's the purpose of dependent claims?

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ambiguous written description of decision node of flow diagram

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a data object that can have a "suspended" state

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what is the average number of revisions when drafting a patent application with a lawyer?

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Could a proper dependent claim of an allowed independent claim be rejected?

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new method that re-orders a step in an existing method

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nuance wording to state that two things are equivalent

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Is a dependent claim that has a narrower condition to realizing the conclusion valid?

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how to know how much implementation detail to include?

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how likely is it that a patent application is rejected due to poorly written boilerplate details?

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significance of "preferred" embodiments?

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what if the patent examiner finds the specifications to be unclear?

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EPO refuse to perform preliminary examination. Is there something can be done against it?

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Can we file PCT APPLICANTION AND us non provisional application on separate day claiming priority from US provisional?

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How does the USPTO uniquely assign a patent to an owner

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How i can patent an idea and concepts? Can I patent a new idea and new concepts?

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when a patent is filed with an IDS form, what does "Information Disclosure Statement considered" mean?

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What was the point of having witnesses on patents?

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complexity of Tinder's swipe matching process patent

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Supplemental Protection Certificates, two different drug indications (Europe)

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claim mapping of standard essential patent

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Prior Art on 2022/0168762

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Positive ISR and subsequent strategy to broaden claims

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How can US20200206098A1 be patent-worthy when FR3037791B1 discusses the same things?

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How use PTAB API

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Does 35 u.s.c. 121 (safe harbor) still stand if examiner withdraws restriction requirement before issuing the patent?


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