Monthly Minute | Design Patents
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
Recognizing the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on many applicants and inventors, on June 29, 2020, the USPTO announced further extensions for small and micro entities to pay certain patent-related fees. In effect,...more
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patent Offices - In a notice posted on its website yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was further extending the time to pay certain required fees, but only for...more
Last week, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Committees on the Judiciary, Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and House...more
In a notice posted on its website earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was further extending the time to file certain patent-related documents and to pay certain required fees, but only for...more
The director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on March 31, 2020, a 30-day extension of statutory deadlines for filing certain patent-related documents and paying associated fees so long as...more
Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the USPTO Director authorized a 30-day extension for filing dates and fee payment for those who are unable to meet patent-related deadlines due to the...more
Yesterday, March 31, 2020, the USPTO issued a Notice of Waiver of Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the CARES Act. The Waiver concerns a limited set of deadlines for patent-related documents or fees that are otherwise due...more