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PTAB/USPTO Update - May 2021

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USPTO News - USPTO announced a new category for its Patents for Humanity Program for inventors of technology to track, prevent, diagnose, or treat COVID-19....more

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New USPTO COVID-19 Initiatives

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As much of the United States is taking steps towards “getting back to normal,” the USPTO continues to implement programs to encourage investment and innovation in technologies addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the...more

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USPTO Fast-Tracks Appeals For FDA Approved COVID-19 Patents

On April 15, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) implemented the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”) to fast-track ex parte appeals of products or processes subject to an...more

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USPTO/PTAB Update - March 2021

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USPTO News - ..Administrative Patent Judges Michael Cygan and Kristi L. R. Sawert, and Patent Attorney Thomas Volper discussed the one-year ex parte appeal, Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program, and what happens after PTAB...more

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Expediting PTAB Appeals Using the Fast-Track Program

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently released statistics about its Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program. The program went into effect on July 2, 2020 and is currently slated to run until the earlier of July 2,...more

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New Fast Track For Patent Appeals

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A new temporary pilot program in the US PTO will speed up appeals in patent applications before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The program, which went into effect on July 2, 2020, is called the “Fast Track Appeals...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Initiates Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program

In a notice published in the Federal Register last month (85 Fed. Reg. 39888), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was initiating a Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program, to provide for the advancement of...more

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USPTO Launches Pilot Program For Fast-Track Appeals In Limited Number Of Ex Parte Cases

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Recognizing that patent appellants sometimes need a quick ruling in ex parte cases, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is now expediting up to 500 appeals per year in its newly created Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program. ...more

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New Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program for Patent Applications

Starting July 2, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office is offering a Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program that appears to be a very cost effective way to expedite an appeal of a final rejection of a US patent...more

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USPTO Announces Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program

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On July 1, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new program to expedite ex parte appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Under the “Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program,”...more

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USPTO Makes the Patent “Fast-Track” Faster

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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is now accepting petitions for expedited resolution of ex parte appeals. Launched last week, the “Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program” aims to decide the average patent appeal within six...more

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