Attorneys have always learned by following the example of their elders and peers. With that in-mind, I would like to post several exemplary responses to patent office rejections and objections. Please forward to dcrouch@patentlyo.com with a very brief explanation of the topic/technology. If you like, you may scrub the response for anonymity. Likewise, feel free to submit good ones you have found that were written by others. Potential topics:
- Arguing that combination is nonobvious (under KSR);
- Arguing secondary factors of nonobviousness;
- Swearing behind prior art;
- Arguing that prior art is not enabled;
- Disputing date of prior art;
- Arguing that prior art is not inherently anticipatory;
- Responding to obviousness type double patenting;
- Arguing utility;
- Responding to restriction;
- Arguing against indefiniteness;
- Arguing amendment is not new matter;
- Etc.
