In an email News Brief distributed today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reminded stakeholders that starting at 12:01 am (ET) on January 17, the filing of new, non-provisional utility patent applications with...more
Patent Center to Replace EFS-Web and Private PAIR in November -
In a press release issued last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that the Patent Center system will fully replace the EFS-Web system and...more
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 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
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
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
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
Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, finding that the USPTO did not...more
USPTO Launches Webpage on PTE Applications and Patent Terms Extended under 35 U.S.C. § 156 -
In a Patent Alert email distributed to stakeholders last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the launch of a...more
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
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
Earlier today, the Federal Circuit reversed the Final Written Decision, and reconsideration of that decision, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which determined that claims 1-24 of U.S....more
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 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
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
Last week, 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 (EAPO), per...more
Last week, the American Intellectual Property Organization (AIPLA) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) sent a letter to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate Majority Leader, and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY),...more
Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021). The Report notes that in 2018 the Office issued its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, which...more
Last month, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of the Senate Committee of the Judiciary, wrote to the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) to request that...more
Updated First Office Action Estimator Tool Now Available -
In a Patent Alert email distributed earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that an updated First Office Action Estimator online tool is now...more
Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 39th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 15th annual list of top patent stories. For 2021, we identified nine stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 15th annual list of top patent stories. For 2021, we identified nine stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 15th annual list of top patent stories. For 2021, we identified nine stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more
USPTO Proposes Electronic Issuance of Patents -
In a notice of proposed rulemaking published last month in the Federal Register (86 Fed. Reg. 71209), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is proposing to issue patents...more
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