Dennis David Crouch

University of Missouri School of Law

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Is Novelty Obsolete? Chronicling the Irrelevance of the Invention Date in U.S. Patent Law

Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2010, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-08
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Mar 2010
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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Patent, first-to-file, first-to-invent, novelty, priority

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The Rising Size and Complexity of the Patent Document

University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-04
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 20 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2014
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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Patent, Prosecution, Word Count, Intellectual Property

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A Trademark Justification for Design Patent Rights

Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 24, 2010 , University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-17
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Aug 2010
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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design patents, patents, trademark, ornamental, distinctiveness, customer confusion, trade dress, inventiveness, patent office

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An Empirical Study of the Role of the Written Description Requirement in Patent Prosecution

Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, Vol. 104, 2010, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-06
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2014
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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patent, patents, patent prosecution, written description, Section 112, BPAI, Patent Appeals

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Understanding the Role of the Board of Patent Appeals: Ex Parte Rejection Rates on Appeal

University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-16
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Jun 2009
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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BPAI, Patent, Appeal, USPTO, Patent Office, Selection Bias, Empirical, PTO, obviousness, nonobviousness

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The Patent Lottery: Exploiting Behavioral Economics for the Common Good

George Mason Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2008, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-31
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2014
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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Patent, Patent Lottery, Lottery, Bounded Rationality, Behavioral

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Operating Efficiently Post-Bilski by Ordering Patent Doctrine Decision-Making

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 25, p. 1673, 2010, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1953512, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-23
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Nov 2011
Dennis David Crouch and Robert P. Merges
University of Missouri School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Patentable Subject Matter, Patent Law, Avoidance

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Wrongly Affirmed Without Opinion

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 52, 2017, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 16 May 2020
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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Federal Circuit, patent, opinion, AIA, PTAB, PTO, Circuit, jurisdiction, Trademark, Alice, Mayo, appeal

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Broadening Federal Circuit Jurisprudence: Moving Beyond Federal Circuit Patent Cases

Patently-O Patent Law Journal, p. 19, 2010 , University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-04
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 15 Feb 2010
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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federal circuit, patent, MercExchange, Medlmmune, Grokster, Teleflex, federal circuit precedent, SEB, Montgomery Ward, non-patent

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Nil: The Value of Patents in a Major Crisis Such as an Influenza Pandemic

Seton Hall Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-33
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 Nov 2009
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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Nil, patents, influenza, pandemic, public health crisis

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Legal Fictions and the Corporation as an Inventive Artificial Intelligence

Forthcoming Chapter in Research Handbooks on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence (R. Abbott, ed), University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper 2022-04
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
Dennis David Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Corporate Inventor, Inventorship

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Resorbing Patent Law's Kessler Cat into the General Law of Preclusion

Akron Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 4, 2022
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2022
Dennis David Crouch and Homayoon Rafatijo
University of Missouri School of Law and Spencer Fane Britt and Browne LLP
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patent, res judicata, claim preclusion, issue preclusion, trans-substantive, civil procedure, declaratory judgment

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States Can Infringe upon Your Intellectual Property Rights with Impunity in the Era of 'New Federalism'

50 AIPLA Quarterly Journal 161 (2022), University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Aug 2022
Homayoon Rafatijo and Dennis David Crouch
Spencer Fane Britt and Browne LLP and University of Missouri School of Law
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Copyright, Sovereign Immunity, Federalism, Stare Decisis

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Response to the Proposed Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-32, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 18-35, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper, Stanford Public Law Working Paper, George Mason Legal Studies Research Paper No. LS 18-28
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2018
Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Dennis David Crouch, Stuart J.H. Graham, Mark D. Janis, Jay P. Kesan, Mark A. Lemley, Adam Mossoff, Arti K. Rai, Ted M. Sichelman and Saurabh Vishnubhakat
University of Richmond - School of Law, University of Missouri School of Law, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, Stanford Law School, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Duke University School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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patent, innovation, intellectual property, PTAB, claim construction, broadest reasonable interpretation, BRI, Phillips

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Reference Check: A Simple Strategy to Improve Drug Patent Quality

WVU College of Law Research Paper No. 2022-012 Health Affairs Forefront https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20220615.404330
Posted: 28 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2022
S. Sean Tu, Dennis David Crouch and Aaron S. Kesselheim
West Virginia University College of Law, University of Missouri School of Law and Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

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USPTO, patent, pharmaceutical, orange book, patent examination, PTO