Gene Quinn over at IP Watchdog is conducting a survey to determine the top patent blogs. The survey asks only the following two questions. What is your favorite blog? Which patent blogs do you regularly read? Votes are cast by making selections from a list of patent blogs. If you think us deserving enough of…
Month: May 2009
A Few Useful Sections Of The Manual Of Patent Examining Procedure
As regular readers of this blog know, I advocate using the USPTO’s Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) as primary authority during prosecution. I discussed my reasons for doing so in this earlier post. Basically, it is the USPTO’s official manual, so its instructions to Examiners are beyond dispute. From time to time, when responding…
Application Data Sheets And How They Help
An application data sheet (ADS) is a document that provides the bibliographic data for an application to the USPTO. The USPTO prefers, but does not require, the use of an ADS. An ADS can be advantageous, however, because it tends to reduce errors in the conversion/recordation of application data into the USPTO’s official electronic data…