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BakerHostetler

US Patents Set to Issue 33 Percent Faster from the Notification Date

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Starting May 13, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will accelerate the time between issue notification and the issue date of a patent. That is, the time frame will be cut from about three weeks to two weeks –...more

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The USPTO Is Issuing Patents Faster — Here’s Why That Matters

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Beginning May 13, 2025, the window between paying the issue fee and your patent officially issuing will become much shorter....more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

Womble Bond Dickinson

USPTO Announces Changes to Patent Issue Timelines and Design Application Examinations

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This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) made two announcements of interest to patent holders and practitioners as part of modernization and efficiency efforts...more

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USPTO to Expedite Patent Issuance

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that effective May 13, 2025, the time between an Issue Notification and issue date of a U.S. patent will be reduced to about one week. Currently, it takes three...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

USPTO Efforts at Modernity Speeds Patent Issuance

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On May 13, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will expedite Issue Dates for patents. This will reduce the average time from three weeks to about two, so patent holders can bring their investments to market...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Beating the Wait: Practical Tips to Shorten Patent and Trademark Pendency

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It is taking longer to get a patent. Since 2020, the average time from patent filing to receiving the first action from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has risen from 14 months to 21 months, a 50% increase in...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Adds Green Energy Category to Patents for Humanity Program

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On March 6, 2023, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) introduced a new green energy category to its Patents for Humanity Program. This new award category provides business incentives for patent applicants, holders and...more

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U.S. Electronic Patent Grants and the Effect on the Timing of Filing Continuation and Divisional Patent Applications

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On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) will begin moving away from issuing paper patents and will begin issuing patents electronically as electronic patent grants (eGrants). In addition to reducing...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

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

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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

Womble Bond Dickinson

Russian Sanctions Create Patent Risks

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While multi-national sanctions recently imposed on Russia were intended to punish Russia for its aggression in Ukraine, the effects of the sanctions have led to a need for tough decisions for U.S. entities with patent...more

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PTO Extends Time for Small and Micro Entities to Pay Certain Fees

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Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) extended the time for small and micro entities to make certain fee payments until September 30, 2020. Also...more

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Prioritized Examination: A Fast Track to Patent Protection

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In general, the maximum term of protection for an invention in the U.S. under a utility patent is 20 years less than the period of patent pendency. This term begins to run on the day the patent issues and ends 20 years after...more

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office Extends the Filing Deadlines of Certain Non-Provisional Patent Applications Affected...

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An ongoing challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to meet the filing deadlines of non-provisional patent applications that claim priority to prior patent applications (e.g., prior provisional or foreign patent...more

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USPTO Announces a New Initiative to Provide Applicants Additional Time to Petition for Restoring a Right of Priority or Benefit

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On June 11, 2020, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu authorized an initiative that may apply to an applicant who has filed an earlier foreign patent application or a U.S. provisional patent application and has missed the one-year...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

USPTO Provides Limited Patent And Trademark Deadline Extensions Under The CARES Act-UPDATED June, 2020

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The newly enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides applicants for U.S. patents and trademarks the opportunity to obtain temporary relief from certain deadlines as an increasing number of...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Update II: Director Of Patent And Trademark Office Extends Certain Patent And Trademark-Related Document And Fee Deadlines For...

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On May 27, 2020, for the third time, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) extended the time to file certain patent-related documents and to pay certain required fees to July 1, 2020. With the second extension...more

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COVID-19 Extensions Set to Expire July 1, 2020 for Patents; Trademark Extensions Ended May 31

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On May 27, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a further extension of certain deadlines that were about to expire on May 31. The latest order provides until July 1, 2020 for certain actions delayed due to...more

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Announcement: USPTO CARES Act Notice

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On May 27, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) extended the time for patent applicants to file certain patent-related documents or fees pursuant to section 12004 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Patent and Trademark Deadlines Further Extended Due to the COVID-19 Crisis

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We have previously written about the USPTO’s extension of deadlines in light of the COVID19 crisis... Patent Deadlines Further Extended for Small and Micro Entities - The USPTO has now extended patent deadlines another...more

Snell & Wilmer

USPTO Extends Certain Patent Deadlines to July 1, 2020, but Limits Trademark Deadlines to May 31, 2020

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), operating in accordance with the temporary authority provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), previously extended the time to file...more

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Extends Certain Deadlines to July 1, For Some.

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Section 12004 of the CARES Act allows the director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) (under certain conditions) to provide temporary relief from certain USPTO filing deadlines and fees....more

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USPTO Announces Further Extension of Certain Patent Deadlines for Small and Micro Entities

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In a notice posted on its website earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was further extending the time to file certain patent-related documents and to pay certain required fees, but only for...more

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Virus-Related Legislation Extends Patent and Trademark Deadlines

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The details of financial relief provided to households and businesses in the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act may have received all the press, but other provisions of the CARES Act...more

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