LexisNexis will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "'Alice' Before 'Alice' " on September 21, 2017 at 2:00 pm (ET). Chris Holt, Vice President of Patent Analytics, LexisNexis PatentAdvisor®, and Megan McLoughlin, Product Director for PatentAdvisor™ will will discuss the following:
• Before Alice, a large number of examiners were consistently refusing to give patentable weight to "non-functional descriptive material";
• Many of these examiners are now the same examiners that refuse to allow software applications in view of patentable subject matter standards that have arisen since the Alice decision;
• Some examiners are even now continuing to utilize the "non-functional descriptive material" rejection basis; and
• The long standing and obvious connection between assignment of an application to an art unit and aggressive utilization of the non-patentable subject matter rejection.
Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.
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