According to the Board's Final Written Decision, Petitioner was unable to prove that independent claim 1 was unpatentable, but they were able to demonstrate that independent claim 2 was unpatentable.
President Biden, in July 2021, issued an Executive Order (“E.O.”) observing that “too often, patent and other laws have been misused to inhibit or delay for years and even decades .
USPTO transitions from issuing patents in paper form to officially issuing patents electronically starting April 18, 2023. USPTO predicts the change to electronically issued patents will shorten the time from issue fee payment to grant, reducing application pendency
The USPTO will transition from officially issuing patents in paper form to officially issuing patents electronically, starting April 18, 2023. In addition to saving paper, the USPTO.
Silence is not disclosure, except when it is. Last year, the Federal Circuit decided multiple patent cases addressing negative claim limitations and the meaning of silence. The decisions provide different standards for determining how much disclosure is required to support a negative claim limitation in a patent specification versus in the prior art.