Probably the most common “client did something to screw the case” situation is when they make/made a public disclosure of the inventive subject matter and don’t tell you about it. That happens from time to time and can create a real scramble
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A few times I have worked with inventors so involved in the process they made me sit through a bespoke PowerPoint they made just to walk through how they think we should respond to the patent examiner
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Once or twice, I had to work with Dr. Oz wellness crackpots trying to patent some woo. All you can do is give them candid legal advice and if they want to proceed that’s their advised choice, but with the woo ppl it can be hard to get them to accept why the examiner rejected their claimed invention
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But it’s novel! And it’s not covered by those other patents! And now I understand you don’t even have to make it work, just reduce it to practice!
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