USPTO what is “well-understood routine, and conventional” is not well understood
uspto what is “well-understood routine and conventional” is not well understood On April 19, the USPTO issued a memo with an update on subject matter eligibility guidance. The memo explains changes to Subject matter eligibility rejections based on recent case law (Berheimer & Aatrix). Determining that something is “well-understood, routine, and conventional” is a factual matter […]
Contumacious Conduct = $450,000 Attorney Fee Award
Contumacious Conduct = $450,000 Attorney Fee Award The line of attorney fee cases following Octane Fitness continues to grow. In Raniere v. Microsoft and AT&T (Fed. Cir. 2018), the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court case finding Raniere liable for attorney fees. In so doing, the court further established that district courts have discretion in attorney fee awards and […]
Office Action Grant Rate
Office Action Grant Rate Shine Su, has written an interesting paper on a new metric for patent examiner activity called the Office Action Grant Rate (OGR). You can find a summary of the paper and a link to the paper here. Overall, Shine discovered there is a wide range of OGR scores across examiners at the […]
