It would seem that 2007 was a good year, at least better than the intervening years, if judged by posts to this blog. I have been around, and have relocated (again) to Marin. Latest Contact Info: Patent Law Offices of Michael E. Woods 16 Hazel CT. San Rafael, CA 94901 415.419.5524 I will be back [...]

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I see that Mr. Rutan received US patent #7,195,207 on 27 March 2007 for aspects of his Winged Spacecraft. Reading the claims, we see that the invention relates to reentry features: elevating an airfoil to slow the spacecraft, then lowering the airfoil for landing.  

It has been awhile since I wrote here. The big news is that I have moved and I am now located Deep in the Heart of the State of the Art (not Texas!) – Santa Clara. My contact information has been updated on the website. The Patent Law Offices of Michael E. Woods is now [...]

An en banc opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in DSU Medical v. JMS helps us understand what it means for Inducing Infringment. Infringement can be direct (for example “Dirty Rotten Infringer” or DRI makes, uses, sells, offers for sale or imports a product that satisfies all the limitations of at [...]