On March 18, 2024, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a memorandum to patent examiners addressing means-plus-function and step-plus-function claim limitations and how to clearly articulate, ...

“When drafting or prosecuting patents under § 112(f), the key to success is to ensure that the specification adequately describes how the claimed functions are performed, especially in software and AI ...

The burden of drafting patent applications with sufficient support for antibody claims is not likely to lessen any time soon. The courts and the scientific community are in agreement that antibody ...

“A claim is valid even if only one embodiment discloses corresponding structure.” – CAFC The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision in Richard Gramm, ...