Janice M. Mueller

Author, educator, and patent attorney Janice M. Mueller (https://muelleronpatentlaw.com/) co-founded the Chisum Patent Academy (https://chisum-patent-academy.com/) with Donald S. Chisum in 2009. The Academy provides advanced patent law training to attorneys and other patent professionals in a unique small-group roundtable seminar format. Follow Twitter posts by Janice (@patent_maven) on the latest Federal Circuit and Supreme Court patent law developments at https://twitter.com/patent_maven. Fastcase/Full Court Press published Janice's two-volume practitioner treatise, MUELLER ON PATENT LAW, in print and electronic formats in January 2021. Both volumes are updated annually. The treatise is available digitally on the Fastcase legal research platform (https://www.fastcase.com/). MUELLER ON PATENT LAW is a well-organized resource providing concise and timely access to U.S. patent law in the twenty-first century, focusing on game-changing Federal Circuit and Supreme Court decisions. No longer an obscure specialty, patent law protects intellectual assets of tremendous economic value in the global economy. For better or worse, patent practitioners now confront a tsunami of information and advice offered by websites, blogs, specialty journals, and even smartphone apps. Mueller on Patent Law provides a clearly structured filter through which to absorb the content flood. Rather than a historical encyclopedia, this treatise is a carefully curated guide to understanding the current state of patent law and how it has developed during the Federal Circuit’s tenure. Volume I of Mueller on Patent Law focuses on the requirements for patentability, both pre- and post-America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA), as well as patent prosecution procedures. The Detailed Table of Contents for Volume I is available at: https://muelleronpatentlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/Detailed-Table-of-Contents-Vol-I-rev-23-January-2021.pdf. Volume II covers patent enforcement and validity challenges, including AIA-implemented post-issuance USPTO review. Both volumes emphasize the criticality of patent claim drafting and interpretation. The Detailed Table of Contents for Volume II is available at: https://muelleronpatentlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/Detailed-Table-of-Contents-Vol-II-rev-23-Jan-2021.pdf. Wolters Kluwer/Aspen Publishers issued the sixth edition of Janice's popular single-volume student text, PATENT LAW, in 2020. First published in 2003, the student text is available in paperback and Kindle formats, and a Chinese translation was published in 2013. From 2004-2011 Janice was a tenured full Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she taught and wrote in the field of intellectual property law with an emphasis in U.S. and comparative patent law. Janice has also taught at the John Marshall Law School (Chicago), Suffolk University (Boston), the University of Kentucky, the University of Washington, Seattle University, Santa Clara University, and William Mitchell College of Law. A registered U.S. patent attorney and chemical engineer, Janice began her legal career as a patent agent with Merchant & Gould, P.C. in Minneapolis. After law school Janice completed a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Giles S. Rich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She litigated patent and copyright infringement cases as an Honors Program Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice before entering legal academia in 1995. Janice has served on the AIPLA's Amicus Committee and as a trustee of the Federal Circuit Historical Society. She chaired the Expert Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property for the non-profit Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Janice has lectured for BarBri Patent Bar Review. Janice's law review articles include Overcoming the "Impossible Issue" of Nonobviousness in Design Patents, 99 KENTUCKY L.J. 419 (2011) (with Daniel H. Brean), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1505384; Enabling Patent Law's Inherent Anticipation Doctrine, 45 HOUSTON L. REV. 1101 (2008) (with Donald S. Chisum), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1153493; Chemicals, Combinations, and "Common Sense": How the Supreme Court's KSR Decision Is Changing Federal Circuit Obviousness Determinations in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Cases, 35 N. KY. U. L. REV. 281 (2009), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1079118; The Tiger Awakens: The Tumultuous Transformation of India's Patent System and the Rise of Indian Pharmaceutical Innovation, 68 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH L. REV. 491-641 (2007), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=923538; J. Mueller, Biotechnology Patenting in India: Will Bio-Generics Lead a "Sunrise" Industry to Bio-Innovation?, 76 UMKC L. REV. 437-490 (2007), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1087131; Antitrust Issues in Intellectual Property Cases, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ABA ANTITRUST SECTION SPRING MEETING 2005 FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAM 341-374 (2005), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1417945; Federal Circuit 2004: Eight Significant Patent Law Developments Every IP Litigator Must Understand, 11 IP LITIGATOR 27-38 (Aspen) (Jan./Feb. 2005), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1439749; The Evanescent Experimental Use Exemption from U.S. Patent Infringement Liability: Implications for University/Nonprofit Research and Development, 56 BAYLOR L. REV. 917 (2004), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=691424; Patent Misuse Through the Capture of Industry Standards, 17 BERKELEY TECH. L.J. 623 (2002), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1346546; No "Dilettante Affair": Rethinking the Experimental Use Exception to Patent Infringement for Biotech Research Tools, 76 WASH. L. REV. 1 (2001), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1346545; A Rich Legacy, 14 BERKELEY TECH. L.J. 895 (1999) and 81 J. PAT. & TRADEMARK OFF. SOC'Y 755 (October 1999), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1392758; Conception, Testing, Reduction to Practice: When Is It Really On Sale?, 80 J. PAT. & TRADEMARK OFF. SOC'Y 305 (May 1998), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1434518; and The Evolving Application of the Written Description Requirement to Biotechnological Inventions, 13 BERKELEY TECH. L.J. 615 (Spring 1998), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1431446.