Jason Perilla

practices as an IP Attorney at Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP, in Atlanta, GA. His practice focuses on all aspects of patent law, including patent application preparation and prosecution, patent litigation, post-grant review, opinions, and portfolio management. Before working in private practice, Jason served as a Patent Examiner at the USPTO for over six years, focusing on U.S. Class 375, digital communications. There, Jason became familiar with industry-leading digital data modulation, demodulation, coding, decoding, and spread spectrum techniques. Before departing from the USPTO, Jason obtained the position of Primary Examiner.

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The Dynamics of Patentability Beyond §§ 102 and 103

It is the personal relationships and dynamics between those junior and senior examiners where the final, hidden gate to patentability stands. Between them, the junior examiners perform the heavy lifting of searching the prior art and preparing the official actions, and the more senior examiners carry the burden of signing those official actions and allowing applications to grant… To be effective, patent practitioners can do more than narrowly obsess over a single novel and non-obvious element in the claims… Patent practitioners can provide junior examiners with an “elevator pitch” for allowability. They can arm junior examiners with technically clear and concise arguments that are fast to recount and express.

August 17, 2016

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