Our Headnote It seems that the era of “plausibility” is over, and there may now be little, if any, consideration given to whether the technical effect was plausible / not implausible in view of the application as filed. Instead, emphasis is now placed on the “broadest...
The case has now been remitted to the ED after it was found by the Board that several substantial procedural violations were committed. Below is our timeline of the examination procedure and it is safe to say that, after considering the facts, we are siding with the...
Change in acceleration practice Recent changes to EPO opposition acceleration practice, published earlier this month, further expand the integration of EPO oppositions with post grant actions in court, whether at the Unified Patent Court or in a national court....
Background Under UK law, if an invention is devised by a person who is an employee of another party, and that other party owns the invention by virtue of being that person’s employer then, if a patent is granted for the invention and either the invention or the patent...
Background With the present appeal, Baxalta challenged the District Court’s decision to hold claims 1–4, 19, and 20 of U.S. Patent No. 7,033,590 (the ‘590 patent) invalid for lack of enablement. Independent claim 1 is representative and recites: An isolated antibody...
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