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Amundsen Davis LLC

Good News for Patent Applicants: USPTO Extends the After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has extended the After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 through September 30, 2024. This program (the AFCP 2.0) allows applicants to request a patent examiner be given additional time...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Update: COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Extended, Non-DOCX Filing Fee Deferred and More

On December 22, 2022, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) announced the fifth extension of the Modified COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program. The pilot program had been set to terminate on December 31, 2022, and...more

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PTAB/USPTO Update - November 2022

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USPTO News - ..On October 19, 2022 the USPTO issued a report titled “Where are U.S. women patentees? Assessing three decades of growth” examining trends in women’s patenting in the U.S. from 1990-2019. ..Director...more

Goodwin

The Future of Patents for Patients: USPTO Temporarily Extends Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program (Patents for Patients) and...

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On June 29, 2022, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it was temporarily extending its Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program (”Patents 4 Patients” or “P4P”) to September 30, 2022, and also issued a...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

USPTO’s COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program extended through 31 December 2022

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Yesterday, a notice was published in the Federal Register announcing yet another extension of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) pilot program for expedited review of COVID-19-associated patent applications (the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO News Briefs

Updated First Office Action Estimator Tool Now Available - In a Patent Alert email distributed earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that an updated First Office Action Estimator online tool is now...more

Morgan Lewis

USPTO Introduces Pilot Program to Defer Response to Subject Matter Eligibility Rejections

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The US Patent and Trademark Office is implementing a pilot program to allow participating applicants to defer responding to subject matter eligibility rejections until the earlier of a final disposition of the application, or...more

Kilpatrick

Five Impactful USPTO Procedural Developments for Patent Practitioners

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As the world pivoted to navigate obstacles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the USPTO not only adapted to address the challenges, but appeared to make the most of this period by improving existing procedures. Partner...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Provides Update on COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program

In an e-mail News Brief distributed last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reported on the participation to date in its COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program.  The pilot program, which was implemented last...more

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

Global Patent Prosecution - November 2020: After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 – Still Going Strong

Once a final rejection has been entered in an application, there is no right to unrestricted further prosecution. However, to advance the goal of compact prosecution, the USPTO introduced a program in 2012 that outlined when...more

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

Global Patent Prosecution - November 2020: The USPTO's First Action Interview Pilot Program

Time to grant is vitally important when generating a robust patent portfolio. While speed is critical for many start-ups, it often comes with a price. Track One examination requires payment of fees. And even the patent...more

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

Global Patent Prosecution - November 2020

Two Pilot Programs for Compact Prosecution – First Action Interview and After Final Consideration Pilot Programs - Streamlining and accelerating patent prosecution are goals of both the USPTO and stakeholders. The USPTO has...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Don’t Miss USPTO’s Lapsing Collaborative Search Option

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Recently, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office provided an additional tool for patent applicants to use in pursuit of foreign patent protection. In 2015, the USPTO partnered with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, or...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

USPTO Launches COVID-19 Prioritized Patent Application Examination Pilot

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After offering to expedite review of trademark applications for COVID-19 products and services, the USPTO has now launched a prioritized examination pilot program for certain patent applications “that claim products or...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

USPTO Announces a New Initiative to Expedite Examination of COVID-19 Related Patent Applications

The USPTO has authorized an initiative to prioritize examination of patent applications having COVID-19 uses that would require FDA approval. A pilot program only for small and micro entities has been implemented effective...more

Mintz

COVID-19: Prioritized Patent Application Examination and Patents 4 Partnerships

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently launched two new initiatives to support COVID-19 innovations: 1) a COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, and 2) Patents 4 Partnerships that provides...more

Morgan Lewis

Small and Micro Entities with COVID-19-related Inventions Now Have Inexpensive Track to Patent

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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 8 announced a new COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program (Pilot Program), under which eligible small and micro entities will receive prioritized examination without...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New Pilot Program Announced by the USPTO for COVID-19 Related Applications

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On May 8, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO) announced a new COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program. The new pilot program provides an expedited prosecution of COVID-19-related patent...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

When Final is Not So Final: Strategies for Overcoming Final Rejections

Typically, during prosecution of a U.S. application, a second or subsequent Office Action could be made final by the patent examiner at which time prosecution of the application is essentially closed. For an applicant who...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Seeks Topics for Quality Case Study Pilot Program

In a notice published in the Federal Register In a notice published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 79277), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invites stakeholders to submit patent quality-related...more

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

USPTO Extends Pilot Programs for Accelerating Examination

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has extended its After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 and Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement programs through September 30, 2016. The programs are part of the USPTO’s...more

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