DB Schwein#PatentProsecution mostly, but also #PatentLitigation since the work a specialist does (docketing, research, verification, IDS, etc.) applies to both!
Sarah FackrellThis part is also weird. The scope of a design patent is what it is; you can't broaden it using words in your description of the drawings.
And there are no "equivalents" in design patent law, at least not in the Festo sense. There is just Egyptian Goddess.
For more on the Goddess test and how it works, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3338471
There's lots of really weird stuff in the description of the drawings here, too. Exhibit 1.
You don't have to "reserve your right" to do things that you're already entitled to do.
And while the first part may substantially summarize USPTO practice, putting it in the patent itself seems like a complete waste of time.
