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Category: Patent Office Rules & Procedures
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published its final rule to implement the preissuance submissions by third parties provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (77 Fed. Reg. 42150). The final rule concerning preissuance submissions is the first of many final rule notices that the Office is expected to…
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By Donald Zuhn — On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a memorandum providing guidance for determining subject matter eligibility of process claims involving laws of nature in view of the Supreme Court's decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. The memo, entitled "2012 Interim Procedure for Subject Matter Eligibility Analysis…
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that it plans to open three more satellite offices in addition to the satellite office to be opened later this month in Detroit, MI. The additional offices will be located in Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; and in California's Silicon Valley. The announcement ends…
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By Donald Zuhn — In a notice published in today's Federal Register, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will be hosting a Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) External User Day event from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm (EST) on July 10, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 37879). During the event, which will be held…
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By Donald Zuhn — USPTO Extends After Final Consideration Pilot Program In March, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office implemented an After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) program, which provided examiners with a limited amount of non-production time — three hours for utility, plant, and reissue applications and one hour for design applications — to consider…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and manager of all aspects of the agency's implementation of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act has informed Patent Docs that the Office's report on "second opinion" genetic diagnostic testing has been delayed past its nominal deadline date of…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced proposed amendments to the rules of practice to implement the micro entity provision of § 10 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Pursuant to that section of the AIA, the fees for filing, searching, examining, issuing, appealing, and maintaining patent applications and…
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By Donald Zuhn — USPTO Releases Certain AIA Implementation Dates The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently updated its Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Implementation micro-site to announce several AIA implementation dates. On the micro-site, USPTO Patent Reform Coordinator Janet Gongola (at right) indicated that the Office will submit its genetic testing study to Congress (pursuant…
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By Donald Zuhn — As part of its efforts to implement the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a Federal Register notice (77 Fed. Reg. 3748) earlier this year indicating that the Office had begun to collect information on independent second opinion genetic diagnostic testing where patents and exclusive licenses…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice if the Federal Register (77 Fed. Reg. 28331) proposing another increase in patent fees. The newly proposed adjustment in fees, which would go into effect on October 1, 2012, is intended to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). …
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