Bad things happen when patent applications linger in prosecution for too long. Patent applications tend to get stuck between filing and issuance only when significant obstacles arise. Obstacles, such as office actions issued by the patent office, are costly and can be...

Patent professionals can only argue with their patent examiners for so long before an examiner issues a "final" office action. Fortunately, receiving a final office action does not mean the end of hope for patent applicants. Filing either a Request for Continued...

Researchers and consumers expect quick, easy access to information and items via intuitive interfaces. Similarly, software developers constantly grapple with the concept of "friction" when trying to design a pleasant user experience. Simply put, friction is anything...

Whether you work as in-house or outside intellectual property counsel, patent portfolio management tends to be an area ripe for improvement. Managing many patent projects and the work of multiple patent professionals is inherently challenging when you don’t have the...

Patent professionals have long benefited from data driven insights to guide the prosecution strategy and deliver positive outcomes, however this data focuses on events that happened during prosecution and does not give insight into qualitative aspects such as how...

A distinguishing strength of a good patent practitioner is the ability to analogize or discern similarities. The problem is that finite hours are available for sifting through thousands of pages of online resources to find the needed information. This is where help...

Getting to know someone is hard and getting to the level of really understanding someone takes even more effort . . . usually. When it comes to patent prosecution, patent data and analytics make the process to understand USPTO examiners easier than ever. Here are a...

The PatentAdvisor™ patent analytics platform has become a favorite among patent professionals looking to enhance patent practices and perform as efficiently as possible. Fueled by USPTO patent data, PatentAdvisor provides users with all sorts of patent...

Contrary to many clients’ perceptions, it is always open to interpretation whether an invention deserves patent protection. Every USPTO patent examiner is unique in their outlook and opinions, and have their own way of interpreting the patentability of a specific...

The best patent practitioners are quadruple threats who excel at all stages of the patent process. They provide value to their clients from before the conception of their patentable ideas all the way through patent prosecution. With modern patent analytics solutions...

Responding to an office action can cost patent applicants an average of $3,000. Naturally, both patent applicants and patent attorneys strive to avoid office actions whenever possible or, alternatively, handle them effectively and efficiently. LexisNexis® Intellectual...

In a recent webinar, the LexisNexis® Intellectual Property team offered patent practitioners several convincing reasons for integrating patent prosecution analytics into their processes. Patent data and analytics can be leveraged in many ways throughout patent...

Clients are the lifeblood of any law firm, but what can law firms do to grow their patent practices and set themselves apart from competing patent practitioners? Patent data is the key to improvement and growth in the patent world, and the LexisNexis PatentAdvisor®...

By: Megan McLoughlin, Director of Prosecution Products, LexisNexis® IP | August 9, 2021Want some insider intel on what’s happening at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)? I recently had the opportunity to join a webinar panel with Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog®...

Decades ago, when patent authorities like the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) developed online databases to house their patent records, patent professionals immediately saw the value in processing and interpreting all of the newly available...

Why is it so difficult to predict the course of patent prosecution? To begin, patent law and patentability requirements are hardly black and white. Patentability is often open to interpretation, and reasonable minds often differ in their opinions. Moreover, the patent...

Patent professionals maintain an interesting relationship with their assigned patent examiners. From one perspective, it is perfectly amicable. Patent examiners are generally cooperative and unbiased; they stick to examining procedure, and even if the rejections they...

How to use patent examiner clues to predict behavior: Patent statistics are important clues that help patent professionals better understand the nuances of effective patent prosecution. But clues, by definition, are just a small piece of a larger problem. They play an...

Comparing the effectiveness of two patent practitioners can be like comparing apples to oranges. The success of a patent application is dependent on many factors that are beyond a patent practitioner’s control, which makes it difficult to compare patent prosecution...

Research, drafting and prosecution are the three cornerstones of the patent process. How a patent professional approaches each cornerstone can have a significant impact on the expenses, durations and outcomes of their patent applications. Many tools have been...

Patent prosecution tactics are the decisions made by patent professionals to maneuver their patent applications through the patent process as efficiently as possible. Due to the nature of the patent process, implementing the right tactics at the right time is both an...