Of the 509 design patents that issued on October 13, 2026, two Lamb Weston files beat anticipation by showing that the cited shape was raw dough or an uncooked strip the ordinary observer never sees. Also this week: three ways to beat an Amazon “Date First Available,” a priority document
Of the 466 design patents issued October 6, 2026 after a rejection, ten files stand out. A 2015 parent’s line weights saved a one-line DexCom claim from new matter. The first allowances under the March 2026 GUI guidance arrived. An Amazon Seller Support reply moved a reference forward nearly three
Of the 431 design patents that issued on September 29, 2026 after a rejection, the most useful files cleared prior art without the declaration the examiner asked for: a prior-disclosure statement in the specification, an attack on Amazon’s “Date First Available,” and an inventorship correction. Also this week: a boundary
Of the 285 design patents that issued on September 22, 2026 after a rejection, the best responses attacked what a web listing actually proves: a reused Home Depot SKU whose oldest review did not date the picture, and an inventor’s own listing used as a shield against third-party registrations. Also
The fourth Graham factor applies to design patents. LKQ v. GM, 102 F.4th 1280, 1296, 1299-1300 (Fed. Cir. 2024) (en banc). The court named commercial success, industry praise, and copying, and said it was not deciding whether long-felt need and failure of others apply to designs.