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USPTO Announces Finalized Patent Fee Increases in January 2025

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the finalized patent fee increases which will be taking effect on January 19, 2025. These fee changes include an average increase of 7.5 percent in fee...more

USPTO Proposes New Requirement for Terminal Disclaimers That Amounts to a Significant Change from Current Practice

On May 10, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to add a new requirement for terminal disclaimers filed to obviate nonstatutory double patenting rejections to the...more

USPTO Implements Pilot Program for COVID-19 Impacted Inventors and Small Businesses

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is implementing a COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for small and micro entities. The program is intended to help independent inventors and small businesses...more

Impact of COVID-19 on Patent Applications in China

As a follow-up to our Wilson Sonsini Alert on March 23, 2020, which discussed the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) response to the COVID-19 update, today we are providing a summary of the response from...more

The Impact of COVID-19 on Operations and Interactions with the United States Patent and Trademark Office

While the COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges for most businesses, currently United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) operations are proceeding without interruption. This has allowed Wilson Sonsini to continue to do...more

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