JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This is the second article of the multi-part series discussing benefits of prosecuting patents under Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH. To recap, PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2024

In an ongoing effort to reduce the backlog of patent applications, Brazil has introduced new appellate stage guidelines that significantly impact how applicants should respond to office actions and file appeals.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In an effort to spice up my patent law life, I have become especially interested in patent analytics over the past few years—that’s right, I just used “patent analytics” and “spice up” in the same sentence. We owe it to our clients, and honestly, we should do it for ourselves, because it makes practicing more fulfilling.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 18, 2025

a precedential decision issued on April 8, 2025, the Federal Circuit provides us with a great lesson on prosecution disclaimer and implications regarding the entanglement of future related applications due to the disclaimer. While a Miranda warning isnt given prior to starting substantive examination, perhaps it should be.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released its long-anticipated final rule on patent fee adjustments (“Final Rule”). The changes aim to generate sufficient revenue to recover the USPTO's operational costs, while promoting efficient patent prosecution practices. By: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

a patent prosecution bar that would preclude certain attorneys representing plaintiff from performing patent prosecution work for a period of two years following the conclusion of the action; and 2. CV-23-02371-PHX-DWL (D. 18, 2024), defendant filed a motion for a protective order seeking two forms of relief: 1.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 29, 2023

Image from here On August 23, the Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 , were published in the Gazette of India, inviting public comments by September 22. Since then, the Rules have been extensively discussed within the IP community, especially the potential impact they may have on the patent opposition mechanism.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 30, 2024

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) joined the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) program on July 6, 2024. Coordinated by the Japan Patent Office (JPO). By: Mayer Brown

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) updated subject matter eligibility guidance was October 16, and the Office received 24 total submissions. The 19 posted thus far overwhelmingly call for more detail in the guidance in order to avoid undue restrictions on patentability of critical artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2021

located in Fairfax, VA, is seeking a Patent Attorney / Agent with 2+ years of experience as a registered patent attorney or patent agent. This associate will have the opportunity to work (remotely or onsite in Fairfax, VA) on a variety of patent prosecution projects. Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.,

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2025

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Wednesday announced a new working group dedicated to broadening the Offices efforts to mitigate common threats to the U.S. patent system.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Last October, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives To Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights. Patent owners, especially small businesses and independent inventors, need two things of the patent system: 1) Reliability/believability.

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IP.com

APRIL 9, 2025

On January 19, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) enacted significant fee increases for both patents and trademarks. Patent Prosecution Efficiency Rising fees for excess claims, RCEs, and IDS filings necessitate a leaner, more efficient approach to patent prosecution.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 2, 2024

I would suggest that the pathways through USPTO patent prosecution are at least as intricate and manifold. While prosecution statistics reveal some common routes through the maze—each application charts its own course through a complex network of non-final rejections, final rejections, RCEs, and after-final practice.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2021

This article concerns the impact of Ex Parte Sauerberg, a 2017 Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision, on the safe harbor provision of 35 U.S.C. § Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) practice, and discuss implications for practitioners. We address whether Sauerberg is consistent with Federal Circuit law and decades of U.S.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 13, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office handles hundreds of thousands of patent applications per year, as well as various types of administrative patent proceedings.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 26, 2024

Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) has announced that the global limit for requests for accelerated technical examination through the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program is approaching its peak for 2024.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Will AI lead to dramatic changes in patent prosecution over the next 5 years? There are still a couple of days left to have your voice heard in this survey. What do you think?

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published a final rule announcing across-the-board fee increases of 7.5% but scrapping the most controversial proposals from its April 2024 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The changes will take effect as of January 19, 2025.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this year, the European Patent Office (EPO) updated some of its Guidelines for Examination in a way that potentially could affect U.S. patent litigation. Guideline F-IV 4.3 particularly focuses on the form, contents, and clarity of the claims.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Venable LLP’s Patent Prosecution and Counseling group seeks a patent agent with three or more years of experience and a background in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science to join the practice in the Washington, D.C., or New York office.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

In the standard case, a US utility patent will expire 20 years from its effective filing date. But, there are several circumstances that might alter the patent term. As a consequence, only a minority of patents fit the standard. 154(b).

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The USPTO Office of Enrollment & Discipline’s list of registered patent attorneys and agents includes 48,625 individuals. Since there are no annual dues, CLE requirement, or even check-in many folks continue to stay on the rolls even though they are not practicing patent law. Series codes 16 and 17). I mentioned Oblon above.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 23, 2022

Building a successful life sciences patent estate can seem like a daunting task, but a foundation of strategic decisions early on can be a big help long term. By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ideally, it is the responsibility of the Patent Office to check that every applicant wishing to obtain a patent registration is complying with the mandated rules and procedural formalities, and in case there are any lapses, the office must take appropriate measures. Suriya is a Patent Analyst from Salem Tamil Nadu.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 16, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Impact of Sonos on Patent Prosecution : The recent Sonos v. Google decision threatens to grind to a halt, or at least significantly restrict, a once-common patent prosecution strategy – keeping continuation applications pending for years to obtain new claims that cover marketplace developments.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Innovators seeking patent protection for entertainment software inventions should be aware that all software inventions face patent-eligibility issues. Nevertheless, patent practitioners who are experienced in the art of software patent prosecution can help ensure that software inventions get maximum protection.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 22, 2021

and International Patents for the Treatment Of Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders Using AD04 (Source: Yahoo Finance). Daisuke Wakabayashi: Google Infringed on Patents Owned by Sonos, a Trade Judge Says (Source: The New York Times). Stephen Nellis: Jury Awards Optis $300 Million in Second Patent Trial Against Apple (Source: Reuters).

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2023

interests; Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announces an AI policy framework that he hopes will lay the groundwork for bipartisan AI policy; and IPWatchdog hosts its inaugural Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management Masters program.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Arguments to the Patent Office That Contradict Information Submitted to the FDA Support an Inference of Deceptive Intent In Belcher Pharmaceuticals v. Hospira, Inc.,

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

for infringement of the ‘197 patent under the Hatch-Waxman Act, but the district court found that the Belcher Chief Science Officer withheld material information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during patent prosecution, and the CAFC affirmed. 9,283,197 unenforceable.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. In one key takeaway, the panel suggested drafting an application with specific details about the innovation in order to support patent eligibility and enablement for the innovative concept.

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Patently-O

MARCH 1, 2022

The first and second are histograms showing the number of claims per US utility patent – 2021 and 2006 issue dates respectively. The 2006 patents are significantly more spread, with many more patents under and over 20-claims mark. This change has shifted applicants up from the very low numbers.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 11, 2025

A statistical analysis of patent litigation shows an inverse correlation between the number of office actions a patent application receives before allowance and the likelihood that a patent will be found infringing, though this trend varies based on examiner toughness, say attorneys at Baker Botts.

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Patently-O

APRIL 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office announced the winner of this year’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. I would encourage any law student interested in pursuing a career in patent prosecution to consider participating in the competition next year.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 12, 2022

ACI’s Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents is back in person on June 2–3 in New York City. Our reimagined 2022 conference will provide practical insights on how to implement bullet-proof patent prosecution tactics, maximize patent life cycles and develop strategies to enhance protections for your patent portfolio.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The sun is officially setting on the United States Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTO) After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 This program, which has been instrumental in facilitating patent prosecution efficiency, will officially conclude on Saturday, December 14, 2024. By: Knobbe Martens

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