🍕 Essential Features: An Essential Pizza The Patent Puzzle 🍕
One of the patent office objections that frustrates me the most is an (unfounded) objection that a feature not currently in the independent claim(s) is an essential feature and, as such, must be recited there. I mostly see this in office actions issued by the European Patent Office (EPO), but also sometimes see it in office actions issued by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO). I’d like to share a few thoughts on how it might be possible to reduce the likelihood of such objections being raised or, at least, to have extra grounds for arguments against such objections […]
