Presenting a live 90-minute webinar with interactive Q&A Post-AIA Section 102 and Prior Art: Navigating the Expanded Scope of Prior Art and AIA Exceptions THURS DAY, S EPTEMBER 11, 2014 1pm East ern | 12pm Cent ral | 11am Mount ain | 10am Pacific Today’s faculty features: Thomas L. Irving, Partner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner , Washington, D.C. enior Corporate Counsel, Caterpillar , Peoria, Ill. John J. Cheek, S John Mulcahy, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner , Reston, Va. The audio portion of the conference may be accessed via the telephone or by using your computer's speakers. Please refer to the instructions emailed to registrants for additional information. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-926-7926 ext. 10 .
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USPTO recognizes: “The Office appreciates that the courts may ultimately address questions concerning the meaning of AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103. However, as a practical matter, the Office needs to provide examination guidelines so that the public is aware of how the Office will apply AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103. The Office considers its interpretation of AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 as set forth in these examination guidelines to be the correct interpretation of AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 based upon the statutory language of the AIA and its legislative history.” See Examination Guidelines, 78 Fed.Reg. 11,061 (Feb. 14, 2013) 6
New “35 U.S.C. 102 and 103, which do not always result in the first inventor to file an application being entitled to a patent (e.g., AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) precludes an inventor who is the first person to file an application for patent, but who published an article describing the claimed invention more than one year before the application was filed, from being entitled to a patent).” See pp. 11070 of Examination Guidelines (2/14/13). 7
“eff ffective ve filin filing date” is the k e key ey to to na navigati ting the the roa oadm dmap of of the the AIA IA and nd the the a appl pplicability of of AI AIA A §102, pr pre-AIA A §102, or or AIA AI A §102 + + pr pre-AI AIA A §102( 2(g)! )! 8
AIA AIA SEC. 3 3(n)(1 )(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the amendments made by this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, [March 16, 2 2013] and shall apply to any application for patent …that contains or contained at at an any t y time: A. a claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date as defined in section 100(i) [rem [remember er: “ent “entitled to”] to”] …, that is on or after the effective date described in this paragraph [March 16, 16, 201 2013]; or or B. a specific reference under §§ 120, 121, 365(c) to any patent or application that contains or contained at any time such claim. [a [ante tecedent for or “s “suc uch claim” ha has to to be e sub ub.para. (A (A)? )?] 9
SEC. 3(n)(2): The provisions of sections 102(g), 135, and 291 of title 35, United States Code, as in effect on [March 15, 2013], shall apply to each claim of an application for patent, and any patent issued thereon, for which the amendments made by this section also apply, if such application or patent contains or contained at any time— (A) a claim to an invention having an EFD FD as defined in section ◦ 100(i) of title 35, United States Code, that occurs be before re [ [Marc rch 16, 16, 2013] 2013]; or (B) a specific reference under section 120, 121, or 365(c) of title ◦ 35, United States Code, to any patent or application that contains or contained at any time such ch a a cl clai aim. 10
“section 3(n)(2) does indicate that the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 102(g), 135, and 291 as in effect on March 15, 2013, shall apply to “each claim” of an application for patent, and not simply the claim or claims having an EFD that occurs before March 16, 2013, if the condition specified in section 3(n)(2) occurs. Therefore, “each claim” of an application presenting a claim to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date before March 16, 2013, but also presenting claims to a claimed invention that has an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013, is subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 and is also subject to the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 102(g), 135, and 291 as in effect on March 15, 2013.” See pp. 11069, 11072 of Examination Guidelines (2/14/13) 11
Straddl raddlin ing M March 1 15/16 16, 2 , 2013 13 Pre - AIA § 102 Ge ne ra lly Applie s T o All Cla ims PCT F iling Scenario io 1: no claims entitled to priority date, AIA § 102 Applies To All Claims E nac tme nt: Scenario io 2: all claims entitled to priority date, Pre- AIA § 102 Se pt. 16, 2011 Generally Applies To All Claims Scenario io 3: mixed EFD claims March 15/16, 2013, AIA § 102 and pre-AIA § 102(g) Apply To All Claims Priority PCT F iling Da te E nac tme nt: Se pt. 16, 2011 Priority PCT Da te F iling AIA § 102 Applie s T o All Cla ims E nac tme nt: E ffe c tive Date : Se pt. 16, 2011 Mar c h 16, 2013 12
Pre-AIA law: ◦ EFD of a claimed invention is determined on a claim-by-claim basis, not application-by-application. AIA law: ◦ Retains the principle that different claims in the same application may be entitled to different EFDs. See Examination Guidelines, 78 Fed.Reg. 11,073 (Feb. 14, 2013) 13
Prior art is applied on a claim- by-claim basis BUT whether pre-AIA §102 or AIA §102 apply is on an application-by-application basis. See Examination Guidelines, 78 Fed.Reg. 11,073 (Feb. 14, 2013) 14
“Because the changes to 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 in the AIA apply only to specific applications filed on or after March 16, 2013, determining the effective filing date of a claimed invention for purposes of applying AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 provisions or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 provisions is critical.” See pp. 11083 of Examination Guidelines (2/14/13) 15
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