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Category: Patent Office Rules & Procedures
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) announced that a coalition of consumer advocacy and public interest groups had filed an amici brief in the Tafas v. Dudas appeal. The brief, which was signed by PUBPAT Executive Director Dan Ravicher (below left), was filed on behalf of PUBPAT, AARP,…
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By Christopher P. Singer — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sent out an e-Commerce update on July 31, 2008, notifying EFS users of enhancements that will be introduced with EFS-Web 1.4 (to be released on August 17, 2008). For one, users will be able to launch their e-mail programs in EFS-Web and…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that Margaret Peterlin, Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO will resign from her post some time in August. Deputy Director Peterlin (at left) has been a controversial figure in the Office, in part…
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By Christopher P. Singer — EFS-Web Survey The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is conducting a customer satisfaction survey relating to the experiences that registered users have had with EFS-Web. The deadline for filling out the survey is 11:30 p.m. (EDT) on Sunday, July 27, 2008. The USPTO estimates that the survey takes…
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By Donald Zuhn — The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) reported today on data compiled by Esther Kepplinger, the Director of Patent Operations for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, which the IPO believes "has received little attention and has contributed to misunderstanding of patenting trends." In particular, Ms. Kepplinger’s analysis shows that Requests…
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By Christopher P. Singer — In a July 16, 2008 press release, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced it will extend the duration, increase the maximum number of applications, and expand the scope of applications eligible to participate in its Peer Review Pilot program. The extension and expansion became effective on July…
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By Christopher P. Singer — In a Notice published in the Federal Register (73 Fed. Reg. 42781) on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office discussed the general scope of the foreign filing licenses that it issues. While the Notice states that it serves to clarify the existing law and…
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By Donald Zuhn and Benjamin Huber — Last Friday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and USPTO Director Jon Dudas filed their opening brief in the Tafas v. Dudas appeal. As we previously reported, the Patent Office and Director Dudas had until July 18th (i.e., sixty days from the May 19th docketing date)…
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By Donald Zuhn — Yesterday, we reported on the Patent Office’s publication of a Notice in the Federal (73 Fed. Reg. 32559) requesting that interested members of the public comment on the Office’s estimates for any additional burdens imposed on applicants by the new appeals rules. In a departure from recent Patent Office…
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By Kevin E. Noonan and Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has attempted (with varying levels of success) to implement a number of new rules packages in the past two years, including new continuation and claims rules, alternative claiming rules, and IDS rules, but none of these rules packages has…
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