« Less Than Lesson | Main | Abstracting Real Property »
February 20, 2012
PTO No
Foley & Lardner attorney
Andrew S. Baluch has his knickers in a twist over a USPTO power grab to
pummel inventors by denying them their legal rights. The new patent act
explicitly allows a patent holder under inter partes reexam to amend
claims however seen fit. But the PTO has "proposed regulations would
deny the patent owner's right to amend - in a first or in any
subsequent motion to amend - whenever the Board determines that the
amendment 'seeks to enlarge the scope of the claims of the patent or
introduce new subject matter.'" Read
Mr. Baluch's paper.
Thanks to Hal Wegner at Foley & Lardner for the heads up.
Posted by Patent Hawk at February 20, 2012 5:31 PM | The Patent Office