Percent Identity in Sequence Searching In this issue of the TPR Biotech Brief, we look at ‘percent identity’ in sequence searching by exploring the following: What is meant by ‘percent identity’? Why can every alignment have more than one type of ‘percent identity’? What are […]
With the introduction of the America Invents (Leahy-Smith) Act a decade ago, the United States moved from ‘first-to-invent’ to a ‘first-to-file’ patent system. While it may be tempting to rush to the patent office to put your date-stamp stake in the ground, an important step […]
While some corporations and law firms may have in-house patent research professionals and resources, there is an ever growing need to exclusively or partly outsource searching to a professional patent search firm; whether it be for volume pre-filing searches, over-flow searching, additional expertise, or extended […]
When it comes to freedom to operate you always want to ensure the greatest level of diligence for making the most informed decisions. Have you considered freedom to operate search updates, periodic alerts, or extensions on searches that have been performed for you in the […]
What steps should you take with regards to your patent and scientific literature searches that will help eliminate your risk and take your search results to a new level? Below are three essential elements to successfully engaging an outside search professional for finding critical prior […]
The Chinese State Intellectual Property Office, SIPO, became the first office to receive over one million invention patent applications in a single year. Read on to see how statistical patent trends compare between China and the U.S. and some of the reasons why we are […]
Nearly 3 years have passed since two European Union (EU) regulations entered into force, paving the way for a new route to managing patent rights across Europe. Those charged with the formation of the proposed Unified Patent Court (UPC) have supervised the production of 18 […]
The United States Patent Classification (USPC) was the official patent classification system used and maintained by the USPTO until January 1, 2013. The system was replaced with the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), a joint partnership between the USPTO and the EPO where the Offices agreed […]
Now, over two-years since the America Invents Act (AIA) went into effect, IPR (Inter Partes Review) has become an increasingly attractive alternative to litigation. The growth in these proceedings shows a strong acceptance of the procedure. It is changing the way in which IP law […]
