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Patent Applications Filing Fees Disclosure Requirements

McCarter & English, LLP

The Patents Are Coming! The Patents Are Coming!—USPTO Reduces Time to Issue Patents

Under the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) modernization efforts, the time between paying the issue fee and issuance of the patent is being reduced. Faster patent issuance gives patent applicants less time...more

K&L Gates LLP

Detailed Guidance on New USPTO IDS Size Fees

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On 19 January 2025 the USPTO enacted a new Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) size fee. A new IDS size fee, codified under 37 C.F.R. 1.17(v), is accrued for any pending application when the number of cumulative references...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Institutes Additional Fees for Large Information Disclosure Statement Filings

The advice to practitioners faced with marginally relevant prior art has long been "when in doubt, cite it."  There was a small cost for the applicant (or practitioner) to cite such art by filing an information disclosure...more

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