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Implementation of USPTO e-Office Action Program.
Per this press release at the USPTO yesterday: “We received very positive feedback from applicants who participated in the pilot program,” said Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Prop… more →
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Implementation of USPTO e-Office Action Program.
Jake Ward wrote 4 months ago: Per this press release at the USPTO yesterday: “We received very positive feedback from applicants w … more →
SCOTUS Grants Cert in Bilski.
Jake Ward wrote 6 months ago: The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari today (courtesy of SCOTUS Blog) in the case Bilsk … more →
Poor Man's Opposition.
Jake Ward wrote 6 months ago: Continuing our earlier discussions on how art may be submitted to the USPTO by third parties for pen … more →
USPTO to Establish TC Ombudsman Positions.
Jake Ward wrote 6 months ago: Per this interview at IPWatchdog with Peggy Focarino, Acting Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO, … more →
Third-Party Submissions: Providing Relevant References to the USPTO, Part II
Mike Dockins wrote 7 months ago: We continue our discussion of how patent practitioners may submit art to the USPTO that may invalida … more →
Methinks Thou Doth Protest Too Little: Providing Relevant References to the USPTO.
Mike Dockins wrote 9 months ago: How many patent practitioners are aware of the various methods of submitting art to the USPTO that m … more →
Increase in Wikipedia Citations During Examination.
Jake Ward wrote 9 months ago: The Patent Librarian has an interesting post this week on the increasing number of Wikipedia citatio … more →
Manufacturing Letter on Patent Reform to President Obama.
Jake Ward wrote 9 months ago: A joint letter from 135 U.S. manufacturers to President Obama, dated February 10, 2009, has been c … more →
New Inter Partes Reexamination Treatise.
Jake Ward wrote 10 months ago: Matthew A. Smith, a member of the adjunct faculty at George Washington University Law School and a F … more →
U.S. Patent Office to Host Roundtable on Deferred Examination.
Jake Ward wrote 10 months ago: Per a press release at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website today: In response to suggestion … more →
Analysis of USPTO Continuing Education for Practitioners (CEP) Pilot Program.
Jake Ward wrote 10 months ago: As indicated in this previous AT! post, we had participated in the USPTO’s Continuing Educatio … more →
MPEP 1126: Applications That Publish After the Patent Issues.
Jake Ward wrote 11 months ago: An interesting practice note we thought we’d share. Per MPEP 1126: The publication fee set fo … more →
Not So Fast. New BPAI Rules Delayed For OMB Review.
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Jake Ward wrote 12 months ago: Per this last minute notice in the Federal Register (to be published tomorrow, December 10th): SUMMA … more →
Practice Reminder - New BPAI Rules Take Effect December 10, 2008.
Jake Ward wrote 12 months ago: As a reminder to all practitioners preparing Notices of Appeal and Appeal Briefs for appeals before … more →
New Patent Searching Tool - Setrue Patent Search.
Jake Ward wrote 12 months ago: Jacob Zoarets, founder and CTO of Transformer Software Ltd, recently wrote to inform us of his new … more →
Showing "First to Invent".
Mike Dockins wrote 1 year ago: While all of us that practice patent law realize that the U.S. is a first-to-invent country, rather … more →
Annual maintenance fee for USPTO patent practitioners.
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Jake Ward wrote 1 year ago: Via the Promote the Progess blog (with hat tip to Filewrapper.com): The United States Patent and Tra … more →
Final Rules Limiting Scope of Patent Agent Representation.
Jake Ward wrote 1 year ago: Per this Federal Register notice promulgated on August 14th, Rule § 11.5 detailing what constitutes … more →
Pre-Office Action Interview Pilot Program.
Jake Ward wrote 1 year ago: Per this USPTO press release yesterday: The Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark … more →
