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USPTO Announces Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Program

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​​​​​​​The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) published a Notice in the Federal Register announcing a new pilot program entitled, “Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program” (the “Cancer Moonshot Program”)...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

USPTO Extends Its Pilot Program for Expedited Review of COVID-19-Associated Patent Applications

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has extended its pilot program for expedited review of COVID-19-associated patent applications to 30 June 2022. This is the third extension of the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 36th Annual FDA Boot Camp - March 24th - 25th, 8:15 am - 1:45 pm EDT

ACI’s FDA Boot Camp returns in a completely interactive virtual format to help life sciences attorneys and executives to master the fundamentals of FDA Regulation... Gain essential working knowledge of core FDA concepts,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

USPTO Expands Collaborative Search Pilot Program

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As announced in this October 30, 2017 Federal Register notice, the USPTO is expanding the Collaborative Search Pilot Program under which applicants can request that multiple intellectual property offices exchange search...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Expediting Patent Prosecution with the New Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program

On November 1, 2017 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented an expansion of the Collaborative Search Pilot Program (CSP), which began in 2015 and ended earlier in 2017, to expedite prosecution of related...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Extension of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program

On June 19, 2017, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it would be extending the Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program, which permits patent applications pertaining to cancer immunotherapy to be examined...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Fast-Tracking Patent Applications in Asia

The process of patenting an invention can be cumbersome, resulting in Applicants waiting several years before their patents are picked up for examination. Various jurisdictions have realized the pressing need to shorten the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Putting the Pedal to the Metal at the EPO

It should come as no surprise that the home of the Bundesautobahn has multiple mechanisms to speed up patent prosecution. And since the average pendency of a European application is approximately four years[i], patentees will...more

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CIPO shines spotlight on patenting in climate change mitigation technologies

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With the Paris climate agreement having recently come into effect, climate change mitigation technologies have been the focus of widespread discussion and debate. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has added to...more

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