On April 18, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) updated the patent grant system to an electronic patent grant (“eGrant”) system. Previously, the USPTO issued patent grants to patent applicants via...more
The USPTO's PPAC Quarterly Meeting took place on May 3 at its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. Various topics affecting the USPTO, prosecution practice, and PTAB proceedings were discussed as an effort to open dialog...more
On April 1, 2016 the USPTO published the final rules that make substantive changes to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial practice rules for inter partes review (IPR), covered business method (CBM), and post-grant...more