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Filing Deadlines Foreign Priority Applications

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USPTO Offers Relief for COVID-Related Delays in Submitting Priority Documents

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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and its affects still are impacting patent prosecution, especially as it relates to the difficulty of obtaining paper copies of official documents. While the USPTO rarely requires...more

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The new Canadian Patent Rules are now in force

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The Patent Law Treaty (PLT), administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), was adopted on May 31, 2000, with the aim of harmonizing and streamlining formal procedures with respect to patent applications...more

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Final Rules for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the America Invents Act

The transition to the first-inventor-to-file (FITF) system occurs on March 16, 2013. To prepare for implementing the change to the FITF system, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), on February 14, 2013,...more

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