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- USPTO Announces That It Has Turned the Corner on Unexamined Application Backlog
- Reasons for the PTAB’s Priority Determination in Broad’s Favor (Perhaps)
- Mexico Publishes Amendments to Intellectual Property Law
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- Argentina Repeals Pharmaceutical Patent Examination Guidelines
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Category: Patent Office Rules & Procedures
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By Christopher P. Singer — EFS-Web 1.2 Release In an e-Commerce alert notice sent by e-mail on November 8, 2007, the USPTO announced that EFS-Web 1.2 should be released on November 11, 2007. This update to EFS-Web will allow e-filers to: Use the newly available fillable Form SB16 – Provisional Application Cover Sheet;…
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By Donald Zuhn — The following is part of a continuing series on how to address the very real problems facing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A day after the day of rejoicing for inventors, patent practitioners, examiners, and seemingly all of civilization, fair-minded people will concede that the U.S. Patent and…
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By Christopher P. Singer — On November 7, 2007, the Industry Trilateral Group, which includes the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Business Europe, the Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), and practitioner groups the European Patent Institute (epi) and the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA), published a…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The following is part of a continuing series on how to address the very real problems facing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A day after the day of rejoicing for inventors, patent practitioners, examiners, and seemingly all of civilization, fair-minded people will concede that the U.S. Patent…
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By Donald Zuhn — Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Margaret Peterlin (at right) testified today at a House of Representatives hearing on teleworking. The hearing, entitled "Telework: Breaking New Ground?" was held by the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service,…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — A day after the day of rejoicing for inventors, patent practitioners, examiners, and seemingly all of civilization, fair-minded people will concede that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office faces a daunting task. After years of neglect – from Congress raiding the users’ fees, an inadequate number of examiners,…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Judge James C. Cacheris, Senior Judge sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, delivered what is perhaps the most significant ruling in U.S. patent law this year (and this includes the Supreme Court’s KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. opinion). He granted GlaxoSmithKline’s…
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By Sherri Oslick — Trick or treat, USPTO. An injunction from Eastern District of Virginia for your goodie bag. Shortly after 12 noon EDT on Halloween day, October 31, Judge James C. Cacheris granted GSK’s motion for preliminary injunction, enjoining the USPTO from implementing its new rules. And yet, throughout the entirety of…
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Judge James C. Cacheris of the Eastern District of Virginia has issued his Order, Memorandum and Opinion, and Minute entry for proceedings following today’s hearing in the consolidated cases of SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Dudas and Tafas v. Dudas. Patent Docs will provide additional coverage of the Court’s Order and Opinion later today.
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By Christopher P. Singer — Back in September, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report to the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform detailing how current U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hiring efforts are likely insufficient to reduce the current application backlog. The report identifies that…
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