Faster office actions, improved prior art searches, and a more consistent application of the law — these will be hallmarks of the future of patent examination at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...

Starting May 13, 2025, the USPTO has begun accelerating the issuance of patents after the issue fee has been paid. Specifically, the duration between the Issue Notification and the Issue Date will be ...

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For originally filed applications, you cannot hedge your bets and wait to see the predicted time to first action after filing (which is provided by the USPTO on their website after pre-processing and ...

In-house and private practice counsel say they are keeping an eye on at least three major US patent developments this year, but whether or not they will get clarity on those issues is up in the air.

Braxton Davis, associate general counsel of patents at Meta and Executive Director at the National Council on Patent Practicum, discusses the importance of recognizing an objective measure for ...

“We, the patent community…should work together to incrementally improve our system and find and fix rules that are not working as intended.” Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is a statutory right ...

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