The Recentive decision exemplifies the Federal Circuit’s skepticism toward claims that dress up longstanding business problems in machine-learning garb, while the USPTO’s examples confirm that ...

Kintera, a company in San Diego that leases software that helps nonprofit organizations raise money online, has submitted 13 patent applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The ...

Startups often have a great idea but there is plenty they should know before beginning the US patent process, says Reed Risenmay of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch. I love it when people ask me what I ...

With provisions of the America Invents Act beginning to roll out, it is a good time to review the overall patent process. Here we review the early stage from conception to filing the application. An ...

For many of us, our car’s sound system is the best hi-fi we own. It usually offers quality sound at volumes loud enough to torture your neighbors, and needless to say, it’s extremely portable. Ford ...

Major companies like Emerson, Endress+Hauser, Yokogawa, ABB and Krohne owe part of their dominance to strategic patent ...

“In essence, by narrowly identifying certain subject matter groups as being those that properly qualify for characterization as abstract ideas the USPTO is effectively defining what is and what is not ...

Discover how a Provisional Patent Application protects your invention with the "patent pending" label and learn about its ...

Holding a patent protects your idea or design, even before you ever bring it to market—if you ever do that. Plenty of patents cover ideas that won't ever see the light of day, but could. That's why ...