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Category: Patent Office Rules & Procedures
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By Sarah Fendrick — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced in a notice published in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 33584) that it is considering changes to restriction practice aimed at improving the quality and consistency of restriction requirements made by Office personnel. The USPTO has begun to solicit public comment regarding…
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By Sarah Fendrick — On June 2, 2010, Sharon Barner, Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Boris Simonov, Director of the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademark (Rospatent), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on comprehensive bilateral cooperation between the two Offices. The MOU, which was announced…
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By Donald Zuhn — In a press conference held earlier this month, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos presented a proposal for a new patent examination initiative — the "Three-Track" program — for which the Office has begun seeking comment (see "USPTO Director Announces New Examination Options"). Following the press conference, the…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Undersecretary of Commerce and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos today announced a three tiered patent prosecution regime, termed "Three Track" to be instituted in the Office. The scheme will be implemented as rulemaking pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 2 and after a Notice and Comment period…
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By Sarah Fendrick — On May 17, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced in a press release it would be expanding the "Project Exchange" program to all applicants. The program enables an applicant with multiple pending applications, filed prior to the inception of the program, to receive expedited review of one application…
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By Jori Fuller — As some practitioners and applicants may have noticed, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has begun sending out decisions on Requests for Recalculation of PTA in view of the Federal Circuit's decision in Wyeth v. Kappos. These decisions include a newly calculated PTA in view of Wyeth, and also…
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By Sarah Fendrick — The Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and U.S Patent and Trademark Office have announced that they will be holding a joint public workshop on the intersection of patent policy and competition policy and its implications for promoting innovation. The workshop will be held on May 26, 2010 and is…
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that it is providing a new contingency option for its electronic filing system (EFS-Web) for use when the primary portal to the EFS-Web has an unscheduled outage. In a notice published in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 27986), the Office stated…
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By Sarah Fendrick — In a press release published on April 16, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced the expansion of their existing bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) agreement. Under the PPH agreement, an applicant that receives allowable claims from one patent office can…
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By Sarah Fendrick — Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 22120) regarding two roundtables that the Office will be holding to obtain public input on methods that can be used to improve patent quality and the methods the Office uses to measure…
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