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“The USPTO Addresses the Wonderland of Strained Analogies,” The Recorder (January 14, 2019).
“So You’re Saying There’s A Chance!? — Section 101 Arguments That Beat the Odds in Recent PTAB Appeals,” The Recorder (February 8, 2018)

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"Four Takeaways from the Federal Circuit Section 101 Reversal," Managing IP (September 30, 2022)
"Thaler AI Patent Decision Keeps Assignment of Rights a Contractual Issue," Legal Dive (August 18, 2022)
"No A.I. Allowed: Named Inventors Must Be Persons, Federal Circuit Rules," The National Law Journal (August 5, 2022)