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- Argentina Repeals Pharmaceutical Patent Examination Guidelines
- USPTO Moves to Protect Design Rights for Digital Innovations
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Category: Patent Office Rules & Procedures
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By Sarah Fendrick — In order to assess the burden of patent-related paperwork, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has retained ICF International (ICF) to conduct an independent study. As described in a notice in the Federal Regster (75 Fed. Reg. 8649), the overall objectives of the study included: (1) Develop an independent, publicly…
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By Sarah Fendrick — Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released the first issue of inventorseye. Inventorseye is a bimonthly publication released by the USPTO in an effort to provide the necessary resources for an independent inventor. The electronic publication provides information on events, organizations, and meetings of interest to the independent…
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By Sarah Fendrick — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office posted a notice on its website announcing that the next meeting of the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) will be held on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. A webcast of the meeting can be accessed here. Those interested in conferencing in by phone (as listening…
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By Sarah Fendrick — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has created Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). Under each PPH program, an applicant receiving a determination from either of three Offices that at least one…
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By Sarah Fendrick — In a press release issued last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office noted that the examiner "count system" changes announced on September 30, 2009 (see "USPTO Proposes Changes to Count System") have now gone into effect. The count system is the "methodology for determining the amount of time in…
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced the agenda for the next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting to be held on March 2, 2010. The proposed agenda is as follows: Morning Session • Greetings and Overview (10:00 – 10:15 am EDT): George Elliott and Remy Yucel, Directors, Technology Center 1600 • Best Practice in…
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By Sarah Fendrick — As part of its effort to reduce paperwork, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is seeking public comment on its current continuing information collection systems. The first information collection system includes information collected to pay fees for issued patents, to request corrections of errors in issued patents, and to submit…
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By Sarah Fendrick — As a result of two recent blizzards in Washington DC, the city broke a record for annual snowfall on Wednesday that had stood for more than 120 years. The old record of 54.4 inches, set in 1888-89, has now been surpassed by the 54.9 inches that has fallen this winter. …
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By Sarah Fendrick — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office remains closed today, February 10, 2010, due to weather. The USPTO will consider February 10, 2010 to be a "Federal holiday within the District of Columbia" under 35 U.S.C. § 21(b) and 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 2.2(d), 2.195, and 2.196. For additional…
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By Sarah Fendrick — On Monday and Tuesday, February 8-9, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was closed due to weather. As a result of the closing, the USPTO will consider each of Monday and Tuesday, February 8-9, 2010 to be a "Federal holiday within the District of Columbia" under 35 U.S.C. §…
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