Patent Applications, Patent Term Adjustment, Patent Ownership

USPTO Launches Significant Patent Fee Increases

Jones Day on 1/22/2025

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") raised patent fees and introduced new surcharges....more

USPTO Finalizes Fee Increases for 2025: What to Expect in the New Year and What to do Now

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 11/20/2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today the finalized fee increases taking effect on January 19, 2025. While applicants can still expect significant increases in certain areas, some proposed fee...more

Mind Your Ps and Qs, and Your PTAs Too

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 9/6/2023

Last week, the Federal Circuit held that obviousness-type double patenting trumps patent term adjustment, opening the door for invalidity attacks that to date had been questionable. In re Cellect was an appeal from a...more

Intellectual Property Law Year in Review - March 2019

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/20/2019

In the continuously evolving world of intellectual property law, 2018 was another milestone year. The US Supreme Court and Federal Circuit continued to define key aspects of intellectual property (IP) law including: •...more

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 2/13/2018

Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) - In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., the Federal Circuit reviewed the District Court’s summary judgment finding that certain claims of a patent were invalid as...more

Patenting: A Guidebook For Patenting in a Post-America Invents Act World

Foley Hoag LLP on 8/27/2015

Patenting - Patenting generally offers a superior means for legally protecting most inventions, particularly since: • copyright, when available, does not provide a broad scope of protection; and • the...more