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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 that it was expanding the First Action Interview pilot program to encompass additional technology areas effective October 1, 2009. The pilot program, which began on April 28, 2008, allows applicants of certain applications to interview their cases prior to the issuance…
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By Donald Zuhn — On Wednesday, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos announced a number of proposals for changing the examiner "count system," the methodology for determining the amount of time an examiner is given to complete a patent examination and the amount of credit an examiner is given for completing various…
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that it had signed a Workplan for Bilateral Cooperation on intellectual property issues with the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO). The Workplan, which will serve to promote the development of effective intellectual property systems in ARIPO member countries, was signed by…
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently published a notice in the Federal Register inviting public comment regarding the Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures (74 Fed. Reg. 40163). David Boundy, the Vice President of Intellectual Property for Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. and one of…
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By Christopher P. Singer — In a notice dated September 23, 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will extend for one year the trial period for its patent prosecution highway (PPH) program with the European Patent Office. The extended trial period will expire on September 30, 2010. As we have…
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By Christopher P. Singer — In a press release issued last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that current Commissioner for Patents, John Doll, has indicated that he plans to retire from the agency on October 2, 2009. USPTO Director David Kappos has nominated Robert Stoll (at right), a current USPTO executive,…
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By Sydney Kokjohn — We recently received a dismissal of a Request for Reconsideration of Patent Term Adjustment Determination under 37 C.F.R. § 1.705(b). The Request was filed solely on the basis that the Patent Office had taken more than three years to issue the patent. The patent application was filed on December 7,…
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By Christopher P. Singer — "In these economic times" it seems that new USPTO Director David Kappos understands that people appreciate an opportunity to save money. Patent Docs is happy to report that the Patent Office has announced on its website (interestingly, "buried" underneath a story about the Director's swearing in) that it will…
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By Donald Zuhn — On July 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a joint motion with Plaintiffs-Appellees Dr. Triantafyllos Tafas and GlaxoSmithKline seeking to stay briefing and oral argument in Tafas v. Kappos (previously Tafas v. Doll) until 60 days after the U.S. Senate confirmed new Director David Kappos (see "Could the 'New…
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced that on Thursday at 12:30 pm (EST), U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will administer the oath of office to David Kappos (at right), the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. The new USPTO Director…
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