Choosing the best patent drawing solution for attorneys is less about finding a talented illustrator than about finding a process that survives a live docket: predictable…

The patent abstract is often the first — and sometimes the only — part of a patent that a competitor, examiner, or investor reads. It appears…

The choice between formal vs informal patent drawings is really a choice about timing, not quality. Both fix the same filing date and both must disclose…

Patent specification writing is one of the most consequential skills in intellectual property law. A poorly drafted specification can render an otherwise groundbreaking invention unprotectable, expose…

Of all the procedural rules that govern U.S. patent prosecution, the timing requirements for Information Disclosure Statements are among the most consequential and least understood. Many…

Not every claim is drafted for the same fight. SEP claim drafting – writing claims meant to read on a published technical standard rather than on…

Patent drafting is simultaneously a legal exercise, a technical writing challenge, and a strategic planning exercise. The document you file today will define the scope of…

Most inventors focus almost exclusively on the written description and claims when preparing a patent application — and while those elements are undeniably critical, patent drawings…

If you have ever filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, you have almost certainly encountered the Information Disclosure Statement —…

Process innovation rarely leaks through a patent filing. It leaks through the supply chain, on the day production moves to a third party who now holds…

Read what follows with one distinction in mind. Life science patenting fails at a different point from patenting in most other fields: rarely at novelty, frequently…

Pharmaceutical patents occupy a unique and critically important position in the intellectual property landscape. No other industry depends so heavily on patent protection for its fundamental…

Software is simultaneously one of the most valuable and one of the most legally complex forms of intellectual property in the modern economy. A single software…

Artificial intelligence is transforming every industry — and in doing so, it is generating some of the most complex and consequential intellectual property questions the patent…

Continuation patents are one of the most strategically powerful — and most misunderstood — tools in the patent practitioner’s toolkit. While many inventors and companies focus…

Patent docketing is the systematic process of tracking, managing, and reminding patent applicants and owners of the critical deadlines, maintenance fees, and procedural requirements that govern…

Patent portfolio analysis is the systematic process of evaluating a collection of patents — whether your own, a competitor’s, or an entire technology sector’s — to…

Royalty-bearing licences are the most familiar form of patent licensing and monetization, but they are not the only one, and for many portfolios they are not…

A provisional patent application is one of the most powerful and underutilized tools in an inventor’s IP arsenal. For a relatively modest cost and filing fee,…

Inter Partes Review (IPR) has fundamentally transformed the patent litigation landscape since its introduction under the America Invents Act (AIA) in 2012. Before IPR existed, challenging…