Patent Law News + Insights

When drafting their patent applications, inventors often want to be very gratuitous in explaining what others before them have developed. 

Inventors often wonder whether the number of claims can affect the overall strength and value of their patent.

In a previous blog post, we discussed whether secret sales should count as prior art under the AIA. The Supreme Court will address this question shortly, in Helsinn v. Teva.

This is the second in a two-part blog series on controlling the speed of the patent process. (Read part one here.)

Depending on who you talk to, you might hear that filing a provisional patent application is always a mistake, or that it’s the right move every time. Many businesses have questioned whether filing a provisional application is worthwhile — or...