Bulk Prosecution: An Example with Information Disclosure Statements
"Bulk patent prosecution" is the process of realizing efficiencies by performing multiple similar patent prosecution tasks simultaneously. For example, one might want to perform prior art searches and file information disclosure statements (IDS's) for 100 patent applications, perhaps to later improve the weight of the presumption of validity if the applications are granted. This could be important if the applications have clear points of novelty in crowded spaces. To that end, one wouldn't need to draft up 100 IDS documents separately. In fact, doing so would be incredibly inefficient. There are only a few key pieces of information that would change between the different information disclosure statements, and there are a few key tools that could help any practitioner achieve the goal. TOOL FOR FINDING A REASON FOR BULK PROSECUTION How do you know which cases might need more references to cite on the face of the patent? LexisNexis PatentAdvisor can tell you ...
