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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
- PTAB (Again) Awards Priority of Invention to Broad in Interference No. 106,115
- Argentina Repeals Pharmaceutical Patent Examination Guidelines
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Category: Patent Office Rules & Procedures
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By Donald Zuhn — On August 30, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that publicly available final decisions of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) posted on the BPAI’s Final Decision FOIA web page will now be text searchable.
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By Donald Zuhn — On September 4, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it has initiated a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO). The two offices are now accepting applications for participation in the pilot PPH, which permits an applicant having…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On August 21, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new rules concerning continuation and claims practice that will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way patent attorneys and agents prosecute applications before the Patent Office. In view of the 128-page Federal Register notice regarding the…
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By Christopher P. Singer — On August 21, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new rules concerning continuation and claims practice that will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way patent attorneys and agents prosecute applications before the Patent Office. In view of the 128-page Federal Register notice regarding the…
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Tafas v. Dudas, No. 07-CV-846 (E.D. Va.) (filed Aug. 22, 2007) By Robert Dailey — Triantafyllos Tafas has amended his complaint challenging the new USPTO rules set to take effect November 1, 2007. In addition, Tafas has withdrawn his motion for a preliminary injunction (PI) enjoining the PTO from implementing the new rules. …
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By Donald Zuhn — On August 21, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new rules concerning continuation and claims practice that will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way patent attorneys and agents prosecute applications before the Patent Office. In view of the 128-page Federal Register notice regarding the new…
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By Christopher P. Singer — On August 21, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new rules concerning continuation and claims practice that will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way patent attorneys and agents prosecute applications before the Patent Office. In view of the 128-page Federal Register notice regarding the…
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By Donald Zuhn — On August 21, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new rules concerning continuation and claims practice that will significantly impact the way patent attorneys and agents prosecute applications before the Patent Office. While patent practitioners – especially those prosecuting applications directed to biotech and pharmaceutical inventions –…
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By Donald Zuhn — On August 21, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new rules concerning continuation and claims practice that will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way patent attorneys and agents prosecute applications before the Patent Office. In view of the 128-page Federal Register notice regarding the new…
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By Donald Zuhn — On August 21, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new rules concerning continuation and claims practice that will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way patent attorneys and agents prosecute applications before the Patent Office. In view of the 128-page Federal Register notice regarding the new…
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