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USPTO to Transition to Electronic Patent Grants

In a final rule published in the Federal Register (88 Fed. Reg. 12560) last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will start issuing patents electronically under a new digital USPTO seal and bearing the...more

USPTO News Briefs - February 2023

USPTO Eliminates CFR Provisions Regarding Voluntary CLE Certification - In a notice published in the Federal Register (88 Fed. Reg. 4906) last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final rule adopting an...more

IPO & Harrity Analytics Release List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2022

Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 40th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations...more

"Zero Draft" of WHO CA+ Released

On February 1, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a "zero draft" of a WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (or "WHO CA+") for the...more

Top Four Stories of 2022

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories.  For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more

Top Stories of 2022: #8 to #10

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories.  For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more

USPTO Issues Notice Regarding Certain Filing Receipts Issued Between March and October 2022

Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a Notice advising Applicants to review filing receipts issued between March 2022 and mid-October 2022 to confirm that the granted foreign filing license notification has...more

WTO TRIPS Council Recommends That General Council Extend Waiver Deadline

On December 16, the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a report recommending that the General Council extend the deadline by which the WTO would...more

UPC Postpones Start of Sunrise Period to March 1, 2023

Last week, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) announced that the start of Sunrise Period is being postponed by two months from January 1, 2023 to March 1, 2023.  The UPC indicated that the initial plan called for the Sunrise...more

Nine Countries Seek Extension of WTO Waiver to COVID-19 Therapeutics and Diagnostics

On December 6, the same day that the U.S. Trade Representative issued a statement on the June 17, 2022 Ministerial Decision that authorized developing Members to use the subject matter of a patent required for the production...more

EPO's "10-Day Rule" to Be Eliminated

A number of European firms, including J A Kemp, reported on Friday that the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation had passed a change to the rules of the EPC relating to the date on which a document is...more

USPTO News Briefs - October 2022

In a Patent Alert email distributed to stakeholders last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the replacement of four legacy search tools -- the Public-Examiner's Automated Search Tool (PubEAST),...more

NAI & IPO Release List of Top 100 Universities Receiving Patents in 2021

Earlier today, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) published their annual list of the top 100 worldwide universities that received the most U.S. utility patents...more

USPTO Implements Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program

In a notice published last week in the Federal Register (87 Fed. Reg. 33750), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the implementation of the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program, "which is designed to positively...more

USPTO News Briefs

USPTO Terminates Rospatent as ISA and IPEA for International Applications - In a News Brief issued last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it had notified the Russian Federal Service for...more

Treasury Department Issues General License Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

On March 2, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued General License No. 13, which authorized "U.S. persons . . . to pay taxes, fees, or import duties, and purchase or...more

USPTO Allows Applicants to File PDF with DOCX Submissions on Temporary Basis

In a notice published last week in the Federal Register (87 Fed. Reg. 25226), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will allow Applicants to submit an applicant-generated PDF version of applications filed in...more

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Supports House and Senate Legislation Prohibiting Biden Administration from Negotiating Modifications to...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to members of Congress indicating that the Chamber "strongly supports" recent House and Senate legislation that the Chamber noted "would prohibit the...more

Treasury Department Authorizes Transactions Involving Bank of Russia Until June 24, 2022

A General License issued on March 2, 2022 by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury authorizes "U.S. persons . . . to pay taxes, fees, or import duties, and purchase or receive...more

USPTO News Briefs

USPTO Launches New Patent Search Tool - In a press release issued earlier this year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the launch of a new Patent Public Search tool.  The Office notes that the new patent...more

Senators Send Letter to Commerce Secretary Regarding WTO Waiver Compromise

Last week, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (at right) to express their "grave concerns with the so called 'compromise' agreement...more

IP Associations "Concerned" by Reports of TRIPS Waiver Compromise

Earlier today, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Licensing Executives Society (LES) International, LES USA & Canada, and New York Intellectual Property...more

USPTO Provides Advice Regarding Dealings with Rospatent

Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was terminating engagement with officials from the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) and Eurasian Patent Organization...more

More on Leaked WTO COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver Compromise

A Reuters report published last week indicated that the United States, European Union, India, and South Africa had reached an agreement on a waiver with respect to patents for COVID-19 vaccines.  The text of the compromise...more

Compromise Reportedly Reached on COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver

According to a Reuters report published earlier today, the United States, European Union, India, and South Africa have reached an agreement on a waiver with respect to patents for COVID-19 vaccines...more

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