by Paul Raya | Jul 18, 2018 | Blog, Cook Alex, Federal Patent Law, Patent Law
Linda Chan, Paralegal Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit have ruled that obviousness under 35 USC 103 can be based upon a single prior art reference. While anticipation rejections under 35 USC 102 have always been able to rely a single prior art reference that,...
by Paul Raya | Jul 6, 2018 | Blog, Cook Alex, Federal Patent Law
The Federal Circuit’s Berkheimer v. HP decision has brought the patent eligibility statute, 35 U.S.C. § 101, back into the headlines. In October 2016, Ryan Truesdale wrote on this blog that “the statute addresses the basic question of ‘is this invention the type that...
by Paul Raya | Jul 6, 2018 | Blog, Cook Alex
Cook Alex is delighted to welcome its new Patent Agent, Jenna Mazzoni. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Jenna holds a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in Developmental and Cellular...
by Paul Raya | Jul 6, 2018 | 20-minute Phone Consultation, Blog, Chicago Patent Attorney
Chicago Patent Attorney: What you can expect from our free 20-minute Phone Consultation The experienced intellectual property attorneys at Cook Alex are based in the Chicago area, but serve clients across the U.S. and in foreign countries. Our IP services and...
by Paul Raya | Nov 29, 2016 | Blog, Cook Alex
The last post on this blog ended optimistically, reading “[i]t’s likely that the Federal Circuit will continue to review cases requiring §101 analysis, and in each instance will hopefully continue to shed light on what is required to patent business methods and...
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