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USPTO Extends Its Pilot Program for Expedited Review of COVID-19-Associated Patent Applications

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has extended its pilot program for expedited review of COVID-19-associated patent applications to 30 June 2022. This is the third extension of the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination...more

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U.S. Patent Office Announces Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced a new pilot program, called the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”), that will allow certain patent applicants to...more

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USPTO Announces Extension of the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced that the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) program, which was enacted in November 2017, has been extended to October 31, 2022. The Expanded CSP...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Are Patent and Trademark Deadlines Extended Due To COVID-19? (Updated)

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As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, patent offices worldwide are taking steps to minimize negative impacts that patent and trademark filers may suffer....more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Set to Increase Trademark Filing Fees as Soon as October 2020

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a rulemaking on June 19, 2020, proposing to raise its fees for certain types of Trademark filings. The increase in filing fees, which could occur as soon as...more

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Are Patent and Trademark Deadlines Extended Due To COVID-19? (Updated)

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As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, patent offices worldwide are taking steps to minimize negative impacts that patent and trademark filers may suffer....more

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Are Patent and Trademark Deadlines Extended Due To COVID-19? (Updated)

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As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, patent offices worldwide are taking steps to minimize negative impacts that patent and trademark filers may suffer. Many offices have asked their employees to work from home,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Extends Time for Small and Micro Entities to Pay Certain Fees

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Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) extended the time for small and micro entities to make certain fee payments until September 30, 2020. Also...more

Lathrop GPM

USPTO Announces Further Extensions of Patent Deadlines

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Recognizing the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on many applicants and inventors, on June 29, 2020, the USPTO announced further extensions for small and micro entities to pay certain patent-related fees. In effect,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Announces Additional Extension of Certain Patent Deadlines for Small and Micro Entities

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patent Offices - In a notice posted on its website yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was further extending the time to pay certain required fees, but only for...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

USPTO Provides Limited Patent and Trademark Deadline Extensions Under the CARES Act-UPDATED June 2020 #2

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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides applicants for U.S. patents and trademarks the opportunity to obtain temporary relief from certain deadlines as an increasing number of businesses face...more

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office Extends the Filing Deadlines of Certain Non-Provisional Patent Applications Affected...

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An ongoing challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to meet the filing deadlines of non-provisional patent applications that claim priority to prior patent applications (e.g., prior provisional or foreign patent...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

USPTO Provides Limited Patent And Trademark Deadline Extensions Under The CARES Act-UPDATED June, 2020

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The newly enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides applicants for U.S. patents and trademarks the opportunity to obtain temporary relief from certain deadlines as an increasing number of...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Update II: Director Of Patent And Trademark Office Extends Certain Patent And Trademark-Related Document And Fee Deadlines For...

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On May 27, 2020, for the third time, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) extended the time to file certain patent-related documents and to pay certain required fees to July 1, 2020. With the second extension...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 Extensions Set to Expire July 1, 2020 for Patents; Trademark Extensions Ended May 31

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On May 27, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a further extension of certain deadlines that were about to expire on May 31. The latest order provides until July 1, 2020 for certain actions delayed due to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Announcement: USPTO CARES Act Notice

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On May 27, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) extended the time for patent applicants to file certain patent-related documents or fees pursuant to section 12004 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Patent and Trademark Deadlines Further Extended Due to the COVID-19 Crisis

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We have previously written about the USPTO’s extension of deadlines in light of the COVID19 crisis... Patent Deadlines Further Extended for Small and Micro Entities - The USPTO has now extended patent deadlines another...more

Lathrop GPM

USPTO Announces Further Extensions of Deadlines Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently taken further steps to support innovation during the COVID-19 crisis to assist innovative companies, research centers, universities and individual inventors,...more

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Extends Certain Deadlines to July 1, For Some.

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Section 12004 of the CARES Act allows the director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) (under certain conditions) to provide temporary relief from certain USPTO filing deadlines and fees....more

BakerHostetler

USPTO Further Extends Certain Patent Due Dates Only for Small and Micro Entities

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Under the authority granted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, on March 31, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) originally extended certain patent due dates falling...more

Sunstein LLP

Virus-Related Legislation Extends Patent and Trademark Deadlines

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The details of financial relief provided to households and businesses in the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act may have received all the press, but other provisions of the CARES Act...more

International Lawyers Network

The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Trademark Applications and Registrations

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On March 31, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice concerning the waiver of certain trademark-related timing deadlines pursuant to Section 12004 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Trademark Office Deadlines and Coronavirus-Related Delays (Updated)

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With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

COVID-19 Prioritized Examination

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On May 8, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new program for expediting certain COVID-19 related patent applications. Under the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, the USPTO...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

U.S. PTO COVID-19 Update: Patent Office Extensions Through May 31, 2020

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The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 28, 2020 signed a Notice of Extended Waiver for certain deadlines associated with patent-related filings, if the missed deadline resulted from situations relating...more

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