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USPTO Fee Increases: What Patent Applicants Need to Know for 2025

Larson & Larson

JANUARY 13, 2025

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced significant fee changes that will take effect on January 19, 2025. As a patent attorney, I want to highlight the key adjustments and their potential impact on patent applicants and strategies. for most patent-related services. patent system.

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Action Recommended in View of Upcoming Fee Increases for Design Patents

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 6, 2025

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finalized its fee schedule for 2025, which will take effect on January 19, 2025. This schedule includes significant increases to fees for design patent applications. By: Womble Bond Dickinson

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USPTO Publishes Final Fees for 2025

JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The USPTO has published its final rule setting patent fees that will take effect January 19, 2025.

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A Look Ahead: Key Intellectual Property Legal Developments in 2024 - and What to Expect in 2025

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 14, 2025

From potential legal challenges to Chinese biopharma supply chains, Europes new Unified Patent Court (UPC), landmark decisions in life sciences, pharmas Orange Book listings, design patent rejections, and likely shifts at the USPTO, 2024 provided plenty of important and often global changes and clarifications in intellectual property law.

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Significant New USPTO Fees Proposed for 2025

JD Supra Law

APRIL 25, 2023

The USPTO has commenced the fee-setting process for fee adjustments it expects to implement in January 2025. By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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USPTO Floats Raft Of Significant Patent Fee Hikes

IP Law 360

APRIL 26, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office has proposed numerous patent fee increases that would take effect in 2025 if adopted, including notable hikes related to continuing applications, design patents and post-grant challenges that attorneys say could alter applicant behavior.

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USPTO Fees: Targeted Higher Fees to Push for Compact

Patently-O

APRIL 3, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently proposed a new fee structure for fiscal year 2025 , which includes significant increases in various patent fees. The NPRM would also hike design patent filing and issuance fees. It is unclear how this proposal benefits the USPTO.

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Sailing Troubled Waters: A Look at the Spiral of Controversies that the CGPDTM Has Fallen Into

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Soon after Yogesh’s blog recent post ( here ) highlighting the change in the Head of the IT office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) in light of a 27 August 2024 notification ( pdf ), it made sense to look at the broader issues that have been facing the CGPDTM. 8398/2024).

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News express: China releases a 15-year blueprint on the development of intellectual property rights (2021–2035)

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Notably, compared to those of ‘The Outline’ (2008) (see page 3 of the WIPO lexdoc ), the five-year goals set by ‘The Outline’ (2021–2035) are much more concrete and specific, as shown in the list below: The criterion of ‘The number of high-value invention patents* per 10,000 population’ had its debut this year at the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025.

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TTAB Affirms 2e5 Functionality Refusal of Fire Extinguisher Pressure Gauge Configuration, Despite Applicant's Design Patent

The TTABlog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Applicant Kronebusch's patents, which claimed the "recessed bottom portion," explain that "the design allows the fire extinguisher to sit on a flat surface such that it protects the gauge from abuse and debris and promotes ease of inspection." The case law says that the existence of a design patent "'presumptively.

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TTAB Lets Stand Bifusal of Leveling Leg Configuration: De Jure Functional and Non-Distinctive

The TTABlog

MARCH 21, 2025

Applicant Kason's ownership of a design patent for the same design "presumumptively indicated that the design is not de jure functional," In re Becton, Dickinson and Co. , but utility patent evidence overcame that presumption. 97602791 (March 18, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas L.

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Patents as an Asset: A Reason for Optimism Heading into 2025 | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

During our conversation, Hinman explains how Cote provides capital for scaling manufacturing and operations with IP assets-backed investment and with those assets including designs, patents, trade secrets, know-how, copyrights, proprietary equipment, customer contracts and even data.

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TTAB Quarterly Index: January - March 2025

The TTABlog

APRIL 2, 2025

TTAB Reverses Section 2(d) Refusal of "12 & Design" for Cosmetics Due to Third-Party Registration Evidence TTAB Reverses USPTO's Section 2(d) Refusal of PBE AWARDS & Design for Marketing Award Services E.D. Trademark Cases TTAB Posts March 2025 Hearing Schedule Three Recent Inter Partes Proceedings: The Bigger They Are.

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Patent Law Year in Review: Top-Nine Topics for 2025

Patently-O

MARCH 17, 2025

The ultimate direction and outcome will become more clear as we move through 2025, but there have already been dramatic shifts, especially focused on workforce RTO and RIF and elimination of non-core USPTO activities. To continue reading, become a Patently-O member. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. Already a member?

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USPTO Fee Increases: What Patent Applicants Need to Know for 2025

Action Recommended in View of Upcoming Fee Increases for Design Patents

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USPTO Publishes Final Fees for 2025

A Look Ahead: Key Intellectual Property Legal Developments in 2024 - and What to Expect in 2025

Significant New USPTO Fees Proposed for 2025

USPTO Floats Raft Of Significant Patent Fee Hikes

USPTO Fees: Targeted Higher Fees to Push for Compact

Sailing Troubled Waters: A Look at the Spiral of Controversies that the CGPDTM Has Fallen Into

News express: China releases a 15-year blueprint on the development of intellectual property rights (2021–2035)

TTAB Affirms 2e5 Functionality Refusal of Fire Extinguisher Pressure Gauge Configuration, Despite Applicant's Design Patent

TTAB Lets Stand Bifusal of Leveling Leg Configuration: De Jure Functional and Non-Distinctive

Patents as an Asset: A Reason for Optimism Heading into 2025 | IPWatchdog Unleashed

TTAB Quarterly Index: January - March 2025

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