Over the past several years, there have been numerous studies suggesting the rise of patent litigation. Some have argued that this rise is mainly due to the joinder rule that became effective post AIA ...

The US Patent Office issued utility patent number 11 million today, granting the milestone number to a patent entitled “repositioning wires and methods for repositioning prosthetic heart valve devices ...

In 2015, 207 patents were issued with at least one inventor having an address in South Dakota. This number is down slightly from 2014, when 213 patents had a South Dakota inventor, which in turn was ...

Businesses are often founded upon a new invention or unique product designs that set the company apart from competitors. A patent is a type of intellectual property protection that gives inventors of ...

Patent applications in Mexico are on the increase, but disparities between national and foreign applications remain. Fernando Rosales-Vázquez, of Becerril, Coca & Becerril, SC, discusses the ...

We've written a lot about patent applications here. Now, let us talk about a recent patent approval, specifically Patent 6,738,461 - or "Methods And Apparatus for Returning a Call Over A Telephony ...