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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently introduced a Continuing Application Fee (CAF) to address the growing backlog of continuing applications and encourage timely prosecution. Effective January 19,...more
Unity of invention and double patenting law and practice in Canada can create challenges for patent applicants. For example, applicants may not expect a unity of invention objection to be raised, requiring claims to be...more
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In the mid-2000s, the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) determined that reexaminations would be more consistent and legally correct if performed by a centralized set of experienced and specially trained Examiners. As a result, the...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") raised patent fees and introduced new surcharges....more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced changes to patent fees, which will take effect on Jan 19, 2025. Most current fees are subject to a 7.5% across-the-board increase while other fees are...more
Please take note that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will increase the following patent and trademark fees effective January 18, 2025...more
In addition to Continuation and Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) fee changes, the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s (USPTO) published final rule also increases front-end filing fees....more
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has finalized new fees for continuation (CON) patent applications, effective January 19, 2025. These fees include $2,700 for CONs filed more than six years after the earliest...more
Petitioners may soon need to check their account balances, as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is raising patent fees across the board, effective January 19, 2025. 89 Fed. Reg. 91898....more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finalized its fee schedule for 2025, which will take effect on January 19, 2025. This schedule includes significant increases to fees for design patent applications....more
On November 20, 2024, the USPTO published its Final Rule regarding fee changes to take effect on January 19, 2025 in the Federal Register....more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a “final rule” to fee adjustments for patent applications and appeals, effective January 19, 2025. These changes represent some of the most significant changes to the...more
The USPTO announced a set of finalized fee increases and new fees to take effect on January 19, 2025. The changes to the USPTO’s fees in 2025 add significant new fees for filing continuing applications (including...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released its long-anticipated final rule on patent fee adjustments (“Final Rule”). Set to take effect January 19, 2025, these changes represent the most significant...more
The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) announced the termination of the After Final Consideration Pilot Program (AFCP) 2.0, effective December 15, 2024. Launched in 2013, AFCP 2.0 aimed to streamline the patent examination...more
Suppose you have an inventor or applicant who asks you to file a patent application in the U.S. However, the applicant has limited financial resources for filing the patent application. Should you claim small entity status or...more
The USPTO has commenced the fee-setting process for fee adjustments it expects to implement in January 2025. While many fee changes are modest (~5%), the USPTO proposes significant increases to design patent fees and PTAB...more
Due within 5 years of international filing date or within 2-months of issuance of a Direction to Request Examination, whichever is earliest (additional $1800). Excess fees of $125 for each claim over 20 are payable at...more
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The recent Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. case brought to light a little-known quirk in how national stage patent applications affect the length of one’s patent term. That case involved a drug company losing five days of...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week established an updated patent fee schedule, effective January 16, 2018. The updated schedule provides for a modest increase for most fees—but also more significant...more
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