Daily Archives: 2015-12-10

Types of U.S. Patent Rejection

The most common rejections in a patent application include so called a novelty rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102, an obviousness rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103, and indefiniteness rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112. You may say that if a patent application pass two tests (novelty and obviousness tests), your patent application would be…

Information Disclosure Statement

Under U.S. patent law, while there is no duty to perform a search of relevant art, inventors and those associated with filing or prosecuting patent applications have a duty to disclose to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) all known prior art or other information that may be “material” in determining patentability.  In U.S.…