973 Design Patents issued on June 10, 2025. Notable Issues Three applications have a 103 Obviousness analysis with an LKQ discussion. These are: 29856109 (Femoral Implant Component – D1079003) 29851964 (Dispenser – D1078973) 29732483 (Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Graphical User Interface – D1078749) (Links to selected prosecution documents
Application No. 29/852,171 | Issued June 3, 2025 as D1,078,041 In this week’s featured prosecution, we examine the successful traversal of an obviousness rejection in the design patent application for a grooved mandrel for producing an embolic coil. The case illustrates how design applicants can strategically make title changes and use LKQ
Design patent practitioners might find interesting and useful some weekly design patent data. If anyone is interested in additional statistics, information, issues, or recommended practices in future posts, please let me know in the comments or message me directly. Design Patent Pendency Rates 800 design patents issued on June 3,
Now that the expedited examination procedure for design patents has been suspended, what can practitioners do to speed up prosecution? We know from pendency statistics that applications receiving rejections, objections, restrictions, and notices to file missing parts have significantly longer times from filing to issue. The practical solution is to
Are hybrid 2D/3D design disclosures sufficiently definite under 35 U.S.C. § 112? The answer is of growing importance because it directly impacts indefinite depth rejections, which remain the most common form of § 112 rejection in design patent applications. Decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) appear to