YOUR MEDICAL INVENTION MUST GO BEYOND COLLECTING/DISPLAYING DATA TO BE PATENTABLE
Medical inventions and technology are often developed to gather and process data more quickly. It can certainly be an advance over old...
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Shimokaji IP
- Aug 25, 2022
INCREASING THE POTENTIAL PATENTABILITY OF A COMPUTERIZED METHOD OF ANALYZING DATA
Obtaining patent protection for using a computer to gather and analyze data continues to be a challenge - but not impossible. A recent...
Shimokaji IP
- Jul 29, 2022
CAN YOU PATENT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST?
Yes, but it remains challenging. The patent laws provide that any new and useful process can be patented. However, laws of nature,...
Shimokaji IP
- Oct 11, 2021
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LIMITING THE PRIOR ART TO YOUR DESIGN PATENT
A design patent protects an article of manufacture. For example, a design patent may cover a chair or even a surgical tool. Your design...
Shimokaji IP
- Jun 22, 2021
PATENTABILITY OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC AND TESTING RESULTS
So much of the medical advances today involve a diagnostic test and interpreting the test results. But is the technological advance...
Shimokaji IP
- Jan 14, 2021
MEDICAL DEVICE INVENTIONS THAT JUST GATHER AND REPORT DATA MAY NOT BE PATENTABLE
Many innovative and useful medical device inventions sense, gather, and display data. However, those inventions may still not be...
Shimokaji IP
- Jun 17, 2020
HOW DIFFICULT OR EASY IS IT TO PATENT SOFTWARE INVENTIONS?
In the past several years, it has no doubt become challenging to patent software inventions. However, it is still possible to obtain patents
Shimokaji IP
- May 22, 2020
PREAMBLE IN A PATENT CLAIM MAY NOT ADEQUATELY DISTINGUISH YOUR INVENTION FROM THE PRIOR ART
The Federal Circuit explained that "'as a general rule preamble language is not treated as limiting.'"
Shimokaji IP
- Apr 18, 2020
ARE MEDICAL OR THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS PATENTABLE IN EUROPE?
A treatment method that is patentable in the US may not be patentable in Europe. In fact, European patent laws (as opposed to court...
Shimokaji IP
- Apr 18, 2020
HOW MUCH CLINICAL DATA IS NEEDED IN A PATENT?
The problem of lack of clinical data to support the scope of patent claims in Europe is a similar problem in the US. Generally, broader...
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