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09/09/2022

As of September 1st, our Los Angeles office is now located in the Equitable Life Building, just a few blocks up Wilshire Blvd from our previous location in the Wilshire Center - Koreatown area. While the reception desk is staffed Mon-Fri 9-5, meetings are by appointment only, as our staff is now primarily remote.

11/30/2021

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05/11/2021

Congratulations!

Today, the officially issued U.S. patent number 11 million to co-inventors Saravana B. Kumar and Jason S. Diedering of 4C Medical Technologies, Inc., recognizing an important milestone in American innovation and ingenuity. Inventors like Kumar and Diedering are the latest in a long history of inventors whose ideas have helped solve global problems, save lives, and build a better future for citizens the world over. Read more about the invention: https://bit.ly/33zIKZK

Patent 11 Million comes just three years after the USPTO issued patent number 10 million in 2018. Check out some other landmark moments in the history of the U.S. system: https://bit.ly/2R14w65

02/21/2019

Hear, hear! Thank you, Sherry Knowles and Anthony Prosser, for this argument that the Supreme Court cannot deny patent protection for discoveries.

“A or B” is inconsistent with “A not B.” This describes why the application of 35 U.S.C. § 101 by the U.S. Supreme Court is inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution, and thus unconstitutional. This article tracks the legislative history of patent eligibility from 1790 to 2011, and the parall...

02/04/2019

Calling all Southern California IP attorneys interested in Japanese industry! You are cordially invited to this kick-off networking event to be held on March 8th at Walt Disney Studios featuring a panel discussion about merging industries and the IP issues they raise.

Lawyering in a World of Convergence: An Exploration of Emerging Tech/IP Issues In today’s world, formerly separate industries are starting to overlap and, in some cases, converge. What are the issues that IP and/or transactional lawyers are facing (and wiil face) in this changing world? Distinguis...

10/03/2018

We are pleased the USPTO has continued to extend this program for another year. Many of our clients' patents have been issued through constructive negotiation with the Examiner after a Final Office Action. It's a real win-win.

The After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) is part of the USPTO's on-going efforts towards compact prosecution and increased collaboration between examiners and stakeholders.

06/19/2018

The United States Patent & Trademark issues it's 10 millionth patent!

04/05/2018

Ford has been issued a patent for “Apparatus and methods [...] for vehicle-to-vehicle cooperation to marshal traffic.” The patent indicates that Ford is seeking to use cryptocurrency technology as a means for cars to communicate with each other whilst on the road - with the patent describing a ....

02/14/2018

California's $3 billion stem cell agency this morning reported the first royalty check resulting from its 13-year-old research program -- a ...