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PTO Accelerates Patent Issuance Timeline

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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) announced that it has shortened the time between the issue notification and the issue date for patents. Historically, the time between these two events averaged about three weeks....more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

USPTO Moves to Expedite Patent Issuance

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The USPTO recently announced that they would expedite patent issuance by reducing the time between Issue Notification and Issue Date. Effective May 13, 2025, patents will now issue approximately two weeks after receiving the...more

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Provisionals’ Disclosures Must Fully Support an Issued Claim for Pre-AIA Priority

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The PTAB recently provided a pre-AIA priority analysis for reference patents in Roku, Inc. v. Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC, No. IPR2024-01057, Paper 10 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 10, 2025). This decision highlights the...more

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PTAB Announces a Bifurcated Process for Consideration of IPR and PGR Petitions

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A new interim process for the acting director to exercise discretion as to whether to institute an inter partes review ("IPR") or a post-grant review ("PGR") was announced on March 26, 2025, in which discretionary...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

USPTO Procedure Adds New Hurdle to PTAB Trial Institution

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On March 26, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced changes to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial institution process, creating a new bifurcated approach to institution decisions....more

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A Published Patent Application Is IPR Prior Art as of Its Filing Date

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Before Lourie, Prost, and Stark - Summary: In an IPR, a patent application is considered a “printed publication” as of the application’s filing date, not its publication date. Samsung filed a petition for IPR of a Lynk Labs...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What’s the Standard? Strategies for Protecting Standard Essential Patents

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There has been much discussion as of late on “essential patents” or “standard-essential patents” (SEPs). Broadly speaking, SEPs are a particular type of patent having claims which cover an aspect or feature adopted by a...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Issues Notice Regarding Certain Filing Receipts Issued Between March and October 2022

Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a Notice advising Applicants to review filing receipts issued between March 2022 and mid-October 2022 to confirm that the granted foreign filing license notification has...more

Smart & Biggar

COVID-19 Update: Further extension of Canadian Intellectual Property Office deadlines to August 31, 2020

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We recently reported that, in view of the ongoing COVID-19 disruption, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines until Monday August 24, 2020, and...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Are Patent and Trademark Deadlines Extended Due To COVID-19? (Updated)

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, patent offices worldwide are taking steps to minimize negative impacts that patent and trademark filers may suffer....more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

USPTO Offers Updated Relief for Certain Patent-Related Filing or Payment Deadlines

From March to June of 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by offering various forms of relief to stakeholders.  The widest ranging of these relief efforts was...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Are Patent and Trademark Deadlines Extended Due To COVID-19? (UPDATED)

Many offices have asked their employees to work from home, potentially causing delays. Most or all offices, including the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and European Patent Office (EPO), are conducting oral...more

Maynard Nexsen

Deadline for Filing Certain Patent-Related Documents and Fees Extended a Third Time to July 1, 2020

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In a Notice dated June 29. 2020, the USPTO, under the CARES Act authority and its existing authority,  has extended from July 1, 2020, to September 30, 2020, the time for small and micro entities to pay certain patent-related...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

USPTO Grants Further Limited Relief in Light of COVID-19

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On May 27, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted additional, limited relief to those most impacted by COVID-19 for certain patent and trademark-related fees and deadlines. This relief is far more limited...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Are Patent and Trademark Deadlines Extended Due To COVID-19? (UPDATED)

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, patent offices worldwide are taking steps to minimize negative impacts that patent and trademark filers may suffer. ...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Coronavirus Prompts IP Filing Deadline Extensions In International Jurisdictions-UPDATED May 13, 2020

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The international intellectual property landscape has also felt the repercussions that the coronavirus pandemic imposes on businesses and government agencies. Many patent and trademark offices have extended filing deadlines...more

Maynard Nexsen

Missed US Patent and Trademark Deadlines because of COVID-19? (Updated)

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The US Patent and Trademark Office further extended to June 1, 2020, the deadline for filing certain patent and trademark office documents, 2020, when that deadline would otherwise fall between (and inclusive of) March 27 and...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

How the CARES Act Affects Patent Related Deadlines

In accordance with the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, the USPTO has extended some patent-related deadlines. Subsection 12004(a) of the CARES Act gives the Director of the United States Patent...more

King & Spalding

COVID-19 – Take Action Now to Protect Intellectual Property Rights During Bankruptcy

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It is no secret that the outbreak of the coronavirus has caused untold damage, distress, and dislocation to the worldwide economy, leading many companies to consider their respective restructuring options. Given the current...more

Hogan Lovells

COVID-19 IP update: impact on litigation (UPDATED)

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China - In February, during the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, the Supreme People’s Court issued a statement that courts at all levels were to assist parties in litigation to file cases or mediate disputes online,...more

Haug Partners LLP

Global Updates From Intellectual Property Offices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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As the world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, intellectual property owners have expressed concern over the submission of documents to intellectual property offices and the effects the pandemic may have on pending...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

USPTO Extends Certain Patent Deadlines to Address COVID-19 Delays

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Amid concerns from inventors, applicants and their representatives that the COVID-19 outbreak is creating hardships in maintaining the prosecution and protection of patents and trademarks, the Director of the United States...more

International Lawyers Network

COVID-19 and Intellectual Property

Despite the COVID-19 closures and cancellations, some governmental intellectual property offices have not extended deadlines, so parties should remain mindful that protections for individuals and businesses should not be...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Patent and Trademark Offices Provide Some Relief from Coronavirus, But Try to Meet Deadlines If Possible

Patent and trademark offices around the world have not been insulated from the effects of the global coronavirus pandemic. Many offices have directed their employees to transition to telework, and several have extended...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Overlooked Changes To Patent Cooperation Treaty Practice - Law360

The recent Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. case brought to light a little-known quirk in how national stage patent applications affect the length of one’s patent term. That case involved a drug company losing five days of...more

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