Prior art searches play a critical role in shaping effective scientific intellectual property strategies. This article, originally published by CAS, highlights the importance of thorough analysis to ...

By knowing the USPTO searches the tags, authors can help provide their software as prior art to stop weak patents from issuing. In most patent laws, prior art or state of the art is all ...

It is well-established that the availability of a prior art reference is dependent on the “effective filing date” of a patent or patent application. Any practitioner seeking to invalidate a ...

In many ways the challenges of the dramatic new exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum are its subject matter.