SUMMARY Costs for prosecuting patents at the USPTO are set to increase on 1/19/25 Across-the-board 7.5% increase in fees Some targeted...

Like many technology areas, the vast majority of, if not all, biotech/biopharma inventions build on prior art teachings. Thus, a major...

The USPTO has provided 49 examples* to help understand the application of Section 101 (35 U.S.C. 101), subject matter eligibility, in...

Common misconceptions about patent rights: In my decades of counseling life sciences companies, I have found that many inventors and...

When should we assure we have FTO for our private biotech company? Summary: FTO for a private biotech company is typically a multi-stage...

101 rejections at the USPTO plummeted in computational biology in 2023!      We analyzed office actions since 2008 related to...

INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS RE: BIOTECH/PHARMA EXTENDED PATENT FAMILIES In complex art areas like biotech/biopharma, patent strategy is about...

It's that time of year again... Annual patent planning for your company/client(s) for next year. Here are some key dates to track as you...

A day to celebrate biotech! 🥳 Congrats to Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics on FDA approval of CASGEVY • 1st product that uses gene editing...

The $AMRN/Vascepa story... A sad 🥲 but insightful🤔 story about the value of U.S. biopharma patents From ~$23/share to ~$1/share in ~5...

If you are interested in learning more about prior patent term extension filings, the USPTO and FDA provide some helpful links, which are...

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March 26, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in Amgen v. Sanofi, an important biotech enablement case. The...