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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court holds that New Evidence may be introduced in District Court Suits Brought Against the Patent Office for Rejecting a Patent Application]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2785</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on April 18, 2012 held in Kappos v. Hyatt, slip no. 10-1219, that new evidence, as permissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), may be introduced in a civil suit challenging the rejection of a patent application by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).&amp;nbsp; The Supreme Court further held that &amp;ldquo;the district court must make a de novo finding when the new evidence is presented on a disputed question of fact.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; In the future, more patent applicants may avail themselves of such civil suits in order to have a fresh opportunity to obtain patent coverage following a denial of an application by the PTO.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Current Fusion Technology]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2220</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nuclear fusion has long been sought after as an alternative to nuclear fission as a means for generating electricity. This is because fusion technology provides several advantages over fission. For example, the fuels used in nuclear fusion cost less than fission fuels. One of the fuels used in fusion reactors is deuterium, which can be readily extracted from seawater. Another fusion fuel, tritium, can be produced from lithium, which is readily obtainable from the earth&amp;rsquo;s crust.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most controversial issues regarding nuclear power is the storage of used nuclear fuel once it has been removed from a nuclear reactor.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NuScale Power]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 14, 2009, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to discuss the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2009, introduced by Colorado Senator Mark Udall.&amp;nbsp; Although still a bill, the legislati...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GE Hitachi &#x2013; ESBWR]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy announced an agreement with Detroit Edison to submit a joint application for a nuclear power plant to be located 35 miles south of Detroit.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Miniature Nuclear Reactors]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2107</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator Mark Udall (D-Co) last week introduced a bill in the Senate titled &amp;#8220;The Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2009,&amp;#8221; which would authorized the Department of Energy to fund research in the field of compact, or miniature, nuclear reactors as an energy source.&amp;nbsp; However, many companies have already begun researching and designing smaller more compact nuclear reactors that can provide electricity for years to rural outposts, or third world communities.&amp;nbsp; Here is just a sample of some of the major players already in the marketplace.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Federal Circuit Overruled Precedence Affecting Biotechnology Inventions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 3, 2009, the Federal Circuit handed down its In re Kubin opinion (No. 2008-1184), which notably overturned its previous ruling in In re Deuel and significantly impacted the obviousness analysis of biotechnology inventions.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal Circuit Announces Patent Eligibility Test Affecting &#x201c;Business Method&#x201d; Inventions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Circuit recently handed down the long-awaited In re Bilski opinion, which has broad implication on the patentability of &amp;#8220;business method&amp;#8221; inventions. The Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, affirmed the Board of...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. PTO Guidelines re: Obviousness]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1373</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) recently issued new Examination Guidelines to assist PTO Examiners in making decisions regarding obviousness in the wake of the Supreme Court&amp;#8217;s decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727 U.S. (2007).]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In re: Seagate:  How Claims and Defenses For Willful Infringement Have Changed]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1365</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The State of Affairs at the Federal Circuit]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Patents in the Financial Services Industry: Partake of the Fruits but Help Change the Rules]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1136</link>
		<description><![CDATA[&amp;#8220;I am a securities lawyer, why should I read this article?&amp;#8221; The answer, as discussed below, is that for too long, drafting patents has been left to the patent-geeks. The best patents come from a team that includes a person who knows the inside workings of the securities industry and can help predict where the future gold mines lie.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social and Ethical Issues In Nanotechnology. Lessons from Biotechnology and Other High Technologies]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2003 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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