This is the first of a two part series discussing various techniques that take advantage of opportunities in a prosecution history to rebut/preclude disadvantageous implications that often tend to arise in patent litigation. These techniques tend to yield prosecution histories that are more difficult to assail while also providing future litigators asserting the patent with…
Strategies To Maximize Patent Term Extensions
The following is a discussion of patent term extensions; both how they are triggered and how they are offset. Also presented are strategies that minimize offsets to extensions. Introduction Patent term adjustments can be significant to an applicant because they extend the term of a patent. Consequently, they can serve to legally extend patent licenses,…
Strategies To Minimize Prosecution Time And Increase Patent Term – Part 1
This is the first of a two part series on maximizing patent value by minimizing prosecution time before the U.S. Patent Office. Introduction Under U.S. Patent Laws, a patent is enforceable from the date the application issues up to 20 years after the application was filed. It is during this so-called “patent term” that the…
Welcome
Welcome to the Patentably Defined Blog. I intend this blog to be a practical resource for patent practitioners, providing engaging discussions of various patent prosecution strategies along with practical suggestions and useful examples. The many strategies and practice examples that will appear on this blog are for the consideration of those who will (hopefully) visit…