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Category: Patent Office Rules & Procedures
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By Christopher P. Singer — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sent out an e-Commerce e-Alert on December 2, 2008 that included information regarding its recent announcements about the Priority Document Exchange (PDX) Program with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO); preventing Digital Certificates from expiring; and using the EFS-Web with Adobe 9.0 PDX…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Maybe Hal Wegner (at right) is surprised by the continuing shenanigans of the current Patent Office administration. Maybe he is genuinely offended by their many actions and appointments made with seemingly little or no heed of the legal requirements for holding positions of authority in the Office. Or maybe he…
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By Donald Zuhn — Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (73 Fed. Reg. 70282) clarifying the new appeals rules scheduled to take effect on December 10, 2008. The Patent Office also posted a statement regarding the clarification on its website. As we reported last summer, the…
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By Christopher P. Singer — In a Notice published in the Federal Register (73 Fed. Reg. 67750) on Monday, November 17, 2008, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced a new rule that would institute an annual fee for all registered practitioners. The fee will be required for practitioners to maintain active status to…
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released its FY 2008 Performance and Accountability Report yesterday and announced that the Office had for the first time "met 100 percent of its Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) goals." According to the Patent Office, the year-end numbers "demonstrate the agency’s commitment to…
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By Christopher P. Singer — In a Notice published in the Federal Register (73 Fed. Reg. 47534) on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced new fees for the transmittal and search for international applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The fees are designed to recover the estimated…
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By Donald Zuhn — As we reported last month, the District Court for the District of Columbia issued an important decision on September 30th that could impact the manner in which Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) determinations are made. In Wyeth v. Dudas, the District Court granted summary judgment in favor of Wyeth, determining that…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Under Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Jon Dudas (at right) announced today two changes in Patent Office management, occasioned by the early departure of Margaret Peterlin, Deputy under Secretary of Commerce and Deputy PTO Director (see "Deputy Director Peterlin Announces Resignation") on her leaving. …
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By Christopher P. Singer — In an October 31, 2008 press release, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the development of a work sharing plan between five major intellectual property offices. The representatives of the five offices, including Dr. Jung-Sik Koh, Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO); Alison Brimelow, President of…
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By Donald Zuhn — Yesterday, as President-elect Barack Obama addressed hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans in Grant Park and millions of viewers around the world, we took a look back at a number of prior Patent Docs reports that discussed some aspects of the President-elect's technology platform, including his positions on patent issues and…
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