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6 Aug 2007, 6:10 pm
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) inventor resources page includes a link to a page that provides the (more or less) official word on provisional patent applications: "Since June 8, 1995, the USPTO has offered inventors the option of filing a provisional application for patent which was designed to provide a lower cost first patent filing in the United States and to give U.S. applicants… [read post]
11 May 2009, 10:05 am
This news of a new leader on the horizon seems to be quite pleasing to Robert Budens, the President of the Patent Office Professional Association, which is an independent union of professional employees formed in 1964 to represent the interests of examiners, classifiers, computer scientists, and other patent professionals who work at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
17 Apr 2009, 2:22 pm
The Federal Circuit in In re Kubin, following the United States Supreme Court's new obviousness standard in KSR, simply has finally drawn an understandable and desperately needed line for biotechnology patent applications - this far and no further. [read post]
20 May 2008, 4:21 am
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's current fraud jurisprudence holds an applicant or registrant strictly responsible for false statements made to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding use of its mark on the goods and services involved, with very little room for error or innocence. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 1:01 pm
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is initiating a pilot program in which the applicant who complies with certain requirements will receive the results of a prior art search conducted by the examiner, via a condensed Pre-Interview Communication, and then be permitted to conduct an interview with the examiner to discuss the cited prior art references prior to the first Office action on the merits (see flow chart). [read post]
9 Sep 2012, 2:19 pm
Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that it will publish final rules in the Federal Register on August 14, 2012, to implement three administrative trial provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA); inter partes review, post-grant review, and the transitional program for covered business method patents. [read post]
5 Jul 2015, 10:09 pm
This discussion has addressed the requirement that a proposed trademark be "used" or be "in use" when a trademark registration is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"). [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 9:07 pm
California’s new trademark statute, the Model State Trademark Law, replaces the state’s Trademark Law with new provisions adapted from the model bill endorsed by the International Trademark Association. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 6:13 am
USPTO Patent Review Processing System Preview The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will preview the new electronic filing system for the trials established under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. [read post]
21 May 2010, 3:09 pm
The official United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Facebook page promises to deliver the latest USPTO news, photos and videos. [read post]
26 Feb 2016, 11:06 am
Failing to recognize the genre’s name, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) initially refused Sony’s application on grounds of likely consumer confusion with a similarly named company. [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 2:51 pm
Litigants can choose to resolve their disputes through the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) or initiate an action in the Federal court system. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 1:43 pm
The law provides that any money surplus at the end of the year must be turned over to the United States Treasury. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 12:06 pm
The other two attack vectors relate to reexaminations of two patents-in-suit.Meanwhile the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has decided to reexamine another patent found infringed by Samsung at last year's trial, as well as a patent Apple asserted against Samsung at the ITC (unsuccessfully so, but it could still pursue this assertion on appeal). [read post]
18 May 2010, 11:12 am
--The Director shall have authority to set or adjust by rule any fee established or charged by the Office under sections 41 and 376 of title 35, United States Code, or under section 31 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1113), or any other fee established or charged by the Office under any other provision of law, notwithstanding the fee amounts established or charged thereunder, for the filing or processing of any submission to, and for all other services performed by… [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 7:29 am
From the USPTO: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a Request for Comments (RFC) about a proposed procedure for motions to amend filed in inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, and covered business method patent reviews (collectively AIA trials) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 9:27 am
Since its launch in October 2014, Season 1 has been downloaded in the United States over 80 million times, with episodes still being downloaded at a clip of over a 100,000 times a month. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 7:02 am
Per this press release yesterday at the USPTO: USPTO Announces Launch Date for Fast-Track Patent Processing USPTO to begin accepting requests for prioritized examination of patent applications on May 4, 2011 Washington – The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today plans for the agency to begin accepting requests for prioritized examination of patent applications – allowing inventors and businesses… [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 6:44 am
With this in mind, I recommend in the strongest terms possible that the person selected as the next Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) share a vision for a stronger U.S. patent system that is once again the envy of the world. [read post]
10 Jan 2022, 5:38 pm
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). [read post]
