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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.... more +

Global Patent Prosecution - September 2019: Submission of Post-Filing Data – The Dichotomy between Enablement and Obviousness in...

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 9/27/2019

With the implementation of the America Invents Act and the United States moving to a first-to-file regime, there is greater time pressure to file patent applications than ever before. When patent protection in ex-US...more

WIPO Launches Coordinated Examination before Top Five Patent Offices

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 7/11/2018

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched a pilot program on July 1st termed Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) that will enable an applicant to have searching performed by all five of the major...more

Major Patent Offices Meet to Discuss Adoption of AI Tools

Jones Day on 6/22/2018

Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted the annual meeting of the heads of the world’s five largest intellectual property offices, commonly referred to as the IP5 (see a related press release)....more

Patent Grace Period Laws in the IP5 Patent Offices: Some Similarities But Largely Different

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 6/5/2017

Life science and other high technology companies most frequently file patent applications in five IP offices (IP5), namely: the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japanese...more

USPTO Launches Public Global Dossier Access

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 11/30/2015

On November 20, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched Dossier Access – a public online interface providing access to the file histories of related applications from participating patent offices around...more

USPTO News Briefs - March 18, 2013

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/19/2013

USPTO Extends Comment Period on Notice Regarding Preparation of Patent Applications - In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (78 Fed. Reg. 2960) requesting public...more

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