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By Donald Zuhn –- After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 14th annual list of top patent stories. For 2020, we identified eight stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Kevin E. Noonan – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched a pilot program on July 1st termed Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) that will enable an applicant to have searching performed by all five of the major global patent offices (the USPTO, European Patent Office (EPO), Chinese Patent Office (SIPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO),…
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By Donald Zuhn — Patent services provider RWS inovia recently released its eighth annual report on global patent and IP trends. In compiling "The 2017 U.S. Global Patent & IP Trends Indicator," RWS inovia, which produces products for PCT national phase entry and European patent validation, and provides IP translations and search services, surveyed more…
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By Donald Zuhn — Patent services provider RWS inovia recently released its seventh annual report on global patent and IP trends. In compiling "The 2016 U.S. Global Patent & IP Trends Indicator," RWS inovia, which produces products for PCT national phase entry and European patent validation, and provides IP translations and search services, surveyed more…
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By Donald Zuhn — Patent services provider inovia has released its fifth annual report on global patent and IP trends. In compiling "The 2014 U.S. Global Patent & IP Trends Indicator," inovia, which produces products for PCT national phase entry, European patent validation, and patent translations, surveyed more than 100 companies and universities in May…
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By Donald Zuhn — Patent services provider inovia announced the release of its 2013 report on global patent and IP trends today. In compiling the report, inovia, which produces products for PCT national phase entry, European patent validation, and patent translations, surveyed 125 U.S. companies and universities in January 2013 to identify the trends having…
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By Donald Zuhn — Patent services provider inovia announced the release of its 2012 report on global patent and IP trends today. In compiling the report, inovia, which produces products for PCT national phase entry, European patent validation, and patent translations, surveyed nearly 150 U.S. companies to identify the trends having the greatest impact on…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that International patent filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) rose from 155,398 in 2009 to 162,900 in 2010 — an increase of 4.8%. While the United States ranked first in filings with 44,855 applications, this still marked a 1.7% decline from…
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By Sarah Fendrick — On June 2, 2010, Sharon Barner, Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Boris Simonov, Director of the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademark (Rospatent), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on comprehensive bilateral cooperation between the two Offices. The MOU, which was announced…
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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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