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Reasons why the CRISPR priority appeal failed

Technical Tips January 2021

Reasons why the CRISPR priority appeal failed

The Board of Appeal in the infamous CRISPR priority appeal recently issued its written reasons for dismissing the appeal.

Superficial Intelligence (T 0161/18 – Sufficiency of AI inventions)

Technical Tips January 2021

Superficial Intelligence (T 0161/18 – Sufficiency of AI inventions)

The algorithm used by AlphaGo to defeat 9-dan professional Go player Lee Sedol in 2016 was a major milestone in artificial intelligence research. However, while filing numbers for patent applications ...

Essential Inventive Step Reminders (T 686/18)

Technical Tips January 2021

Essential Inventive Step Reminders (T 686/18)

A recent Board of Appeal decision at the European Patent Office (EPO) has reaffirmed a key practice point in the demonstration of inventive step when drafting and prosecuting patent applications in Eu...

UK Supreme Court hands down judgment in landmark standard essential patents cases

Technical Tips January 2021

UK Supreme Court hands down judgment in landmark standard essential patents cases

The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) recently handed down its judgment in Unwired Planet v Huawei and Conversant Wireless v Huawei & ZTE.

UK Supreme Court (UKSC) allows Kymab’s appeal as Regeneron’s patents relating to transgenic mice ruled invalid for insufficiency

Technical Tips September 2020

UK Supreme Court (UKSC) allows Kymab’s appeal as Regeneron’s patents relating to transgenic mice ruled invalid for insufficiency

In a judgment handed down on 24 June 2020, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) overturned an earlier Court of Appeal ruling and decided two patents asserted by Regeneron against Kymab (EP1360287 and EP2264163...

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G 3/19 and the patentability of plant and animal products in Europe

Technical Tips September 2020

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G 3/19 and the patentability of plant and animal products in Europe

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) Decision G 3/19 decision sets out detailed and fundamental principles for interpretation of the law relating to the patentability of plants and animal products in Eu...

EPO Oral Proceedings by videoconference – what you need to know

Technical Tips September 2020

EPO Oral Proceedings by videoconference – what you need to know

Kilburn & Strode attorneys have been attending oral proceedings by video conference for some time, usually using the facilities in our London office. However, the current global situation has prompte...

Added subject-matter and selections from multiple lists – are things getting easier?

Technical Tips September 2020

Added subject-matter and selections from multiple lists – are things getting easier?

In T 1621/16 the Board of Appeal reversed an Opposition Division decision to revoke a patent for added subject matter on the basis the claims comprised multiple selections from lists of converging alt...

Less is more when seeking patent protection for chemical compounds possessing a therapeutic effect

Technical Tips September 2020

Less is more when seeking patent protection for chemical compounds possessing a therapeutic effect

This case concerns important aspects of UK patent law in relation to: • sufficiency, • infringement by virtue of the doctrine of equivalents, and • threatened indirect infringement of medical u...

Essential guidance on patenting software-based inventions at the EPO

Technical Tips September 2020

Essential guidance on patenting software-based inventions at the EPO

A recent Board of Appeal decision at the European Patent Office has reaffirmed a key practice point in the drafting of software-based patent applications for Europe: make the technical considerations ...

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