Dennis Crouch

Rare Breed's trigger appeal at the Federal Circuit: why the O2 Micro misstep below may not matter, and how a DOJ deal fueled a 95-case patent MDL.

China passed Japan in US patent grants in 2024, but the margin is almost entirely design patents. Japan still leads in utility patents.

The Federal Circuit holds that a patent's express problem statement cannot narrow analogous art when the claims themselves sweep far broader.

The Federal Circuit denies en banc rehearing in Range of Motion v. Armaid. Chief Judge Moore says Markman was built for text, not pictures.

AI applications draw §101 rejections at 42% against 7% for everything else, while §103 rates are identical. The 2019 guidance effect has eroded.

PTAB § 101 reversals fell from 21% to 15% since April 2026, giving back half the Squires-era gain but staying above the 9.4% baseline.

Boilerplate or Not: Reading “Secure” Broader Than IPSec in MPH v. Apple

UK Supreme Court revives Tesla's Avanci pool rate challenge and holds Delaware is not an available forum for setting FRAND terms on UK patents.

USPTO e-filings peak at 3pm Eastern, with a quarter arriving after 5. New applications cluster Friday; office action responses cluster Monday.

Weekly RCE filings quadrupled since 2005 and now run well above abandonments and appeals, though most disposed applications still never file one.