Patent and trademark applicants are likely to see significant changes with their applications in 2025. First, numerous fee increases have recently taken effect – on January 18 for trademark applications and January 19 for...more
2/17/2025
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Final Rule today in the Federal Register, viewable at 85 Fed. Reg. 46932 (August 3, 2020), announcing fee adjustments affecting all aspects of patent practice...more
8/5/2020
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On July 1, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new program to expedite ex parte appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Under the “Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program,”...more
Recognizing the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on many applicants and inventors, on June 29, 2020, the USPTO announced further extensions for small and micro entities to pay certain patent-related fees. In effect,...more
On June 15, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new program to provide prioritized examination for certain trademark and service mark applications that cover qualifying COVID-19...more
On June 3, 2020, the USPTO launched the COVID-19 Response Resource Center as a centralized hub for information about the USPTO’s efforts to accelerate innovation and promote new technologies in response to the COVID-19...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently taken further steps to support innovation during the COVID-19 crisis to assist innovative companies, research centers, universities and individual inventors,...more
On May 8, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a pilot program to provide prioritized patent examination for certain patent applications that claim products or processes subject to an...more