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Category: Patent Office Rules & Procedures
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By Donald Zuhn — On Thursday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the latest winners of the Patents for Humanity program. The Patents for Humanity program, which was launched by the Office in February 2012 as part of an Obama Administration initiative to promote game-changing innovations to solve long-standing development challenges, is a competition…
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By Donald Zuhn –- In a Patent Alert email distributed earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that beginning on Monday, October 17, 2016, EFS-Web users who wish to use a deposit account or electronic funds transfer account (EFT) to pay fees will be required to use Financial Manager to store and access…
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By Donald Zuhn — USPTO Announces Interim Authentication Method for EFS-Web and Private PAIR On September 13, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced via a Patent Alert e-mail that a new authentication option for EFS-Web and Private PAIR users will be made available next month. The interim authentication solution will provide a plug-in-free option…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (81 Fed. Reg. 59197) requesting written comments regarding two issues: (1) how the Office can better leverage other applications having the same or substantially the same disclosure as a U.S. application under examination to provide examiners…
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By Donald Zuhn — PTAB Introduces New Patent Review Processing System In a post on the USPTO's "Director's Forum" blog, the Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), David P. Ruschke, announced that the PTAB was transitioning from the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) e-filing system to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board…
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By Donald Zuhn –- As we reported earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was extending the deadline for customers to migrate their deposit accounts and electronic funds transfer accounts (EFTs) to Financial Manager, the Office's new online fee payment management tool. The Office, however, indicated at that time that…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (81 Fed. Reg. 42328) regarding the implementation of a new pilot program that will provide for earlier review of patent applications pertaining to cancer immunotherapy in support of the "National Cancer Moonshot," a White House initiative…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On May 4th the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its latest Guidance on how Examiners are to apply recent U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Circuit precedent related to subject matter eligibility (see "USPTO Issues Update to Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance"). Absent from this analysis was the Federal Circuit's decision…
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By Donald Zuhn –- On Monday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (81 Fed. Reg. 44845) regarding the initiation of a new pilot program intended to enhance patent practice during the period after the issuance of a final rejection and before the filing of a notice of appeal…
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By Donald Zuhn –- As we reported earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office originally set a June 30, 2016 deadline for customers to migrate their deposit accounts and electronic funds transfer accounts (EFTs) to Financial Manager, the Office's new online fee payment management tool. Financial Manager allows customers to store and manage…
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