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M&B IP Congratulates Our Client Excelero On Their Acquisition By Nvidia
- March 14, 2022
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Category: Latest article
No CommentsExcelero is an Israeli start-up founded in 2014 and has its registered headquarters in San Jose, California. Excelero enables customers to build distributed, high-performance Server SAN with standard hardware for applications at any scale.
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Patenting NFT Inventions: What You Need to Know
- February 22, 2022
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Category: Latest article
Are you working on new NFT-related projects in the wake of the current market hype around NFTs? Like for any other technology, you should be considering whether there are any aspects of your project which may be patentable. In this second part of our two-part series on NFT technology and patents, we will give you some tips about…
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What is a Non-Fungible Token (NFT)?
- January 21, 2022
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Category: Latest article
A picture is worth a thousand words, but what is the value of an art collage in US dollars? In the case of Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, the answer is shockingly high: 69 million USD. Winkelmann’s collage was digitized and packaged as an NFT, then sold at auction. Many similar examples of digital art …
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Webinar: Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
- December 8, 2021
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Category: Latest webinar
Ryan McCormick, Partner at M&B IP, is presenting the Non-Fungible Tokens topic. In this webinar presentation he will be answering questions such as: (1) Why the hype around NFTs? (2) What are NFTs? (3) How does blockchain work with NFTs? (4) How are NFTs being used? (5) How should we be thinking about a NFT product for patents?
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What is a Restriction Requirement?
- November 30, 2021
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Category: Latest article
There can be only one invention per one patent application. If an Examiner finds that the claims in a single application point to multiple inventions, he will issue a Restriction Requirement, to choose one of the multiple inventions found for the current application. This can be issued at any time during the application process, up until a final office action.
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Diving into Claim Drafting
- August 29, 2021
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Category: Latest article
Claims are single sentence descriptions of an invention that clearly establish the parameters and limits of what can infringe on a given patent. All non-provisional applications, including design applications, must have claims. There are two types of claims: independent and dependent. By default, each utility application allows for 3 independent claims and 20 claims total.
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Due Dates to Know in Patent Prosecution
- June 30, 2021
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Categories: Ip Topics, Latest article
There are many deadlines, some of which are non-extendable, that surround the patent application process. Knowing the various due dates of patent prosecution will arm an applicant with knowledge that can help the ease and progress of an application.
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Provisional Pitfalls For Entrepreneurs To Watch Out For
- June 21, 2021
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Categories: Ip Topics, Latest article
Provisionals are relatively low-cost & require less docs but the USPTO is meticulous – incorrectly filling out forms can potentially cause a loss of priority! Learn more about this topic by reading our most recent presentation about Provisional Pitfalls for Entrepreneurs to Watch Out for.
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Final Office Actions – What Are They And How To Respond?
- February 25, 2021
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Category: Ip Topics
Despite having a name implying the end, receiving a “final” office action in a US Patent Application does not actually mean your patent journey is over. Dealing with a final office action requires knowing the options for responding which are available to you as well as…
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“Patent Eligibility Of Mechanical & Medical Devices” Webinar
- January 25, 2021
- Posted by: mbipuser
- Categories: Ip Topics, Latest webinar
Jeoyuh Lin of M&B IP is teaching how to draft applications and claims covering mechanical and medical device products to avoid patent eligibility (101) rejections.