U.S. IP Success Cases: Patent & Trademark

Featured ZYL Success Cases

Explore the issues, strategies and outcomes in selected U.S. patent prosecution, reexamination and trademark refusal matters. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

PatentsProsecution and ex parte reexamination

TrademarksConfusion, descriptiveness and formal requirements

Public recordsCase-specific facts and procedural history

Patent Success Cases

Patent OA Success Application 17/616,694 Membrane-only stent topology and teaching-away arguments secured allowance. Biotechnology Patent OA Success Application 18/203,113 Two-stage maize pollen pretreatment proven with Rule 1.132 evidence. EPR Reexamination Success Control 90/019,857 Two Section 102 attacks defeated; reexamination certificate obtained.

Trademark Success Cases

Trademark Final Refusal Success Serial No. 98244731 Likelihood-of-confusion refusal withdrawn for a new energy vehicle brand. Trademark Final 2(d) Success Serial No. 98952295 KLING AI brand cleared a final Section 2(d) refusal over CLING via a consent agreement. Trademark Translation & 2(d) Success Serial No. 79384950 Translation requirement met and a 2(d) issue cleared for the LYKOS mark. Trademark OA Success Serial No. 98914044 WISEGLOW distinguished from WISEENERGY beyond the shared "WISE" prefix. Trademark 2(e) Descriptiveness Success Serial No. 79404332 Chinese-character mark shown to be coined branding, not a descriptive herb name.