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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.... more +
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MoFo Life Sciences

Need to FAST Track Your Patent? The USPTO increases the Annual Limit to 20,000

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Effective July 8, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) expanded the availability of prioritized examination, increasing the limit on the number of requests from 15,000 to 20,000 in a fiscal year. The 20,000...more

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Year in Review: Top U.S. Biosimilars-Related Regulatory Developments of 2021

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As 2021 comes to a close, Big Molecule Watch reviews the top five biosimilar regulatory developments of the year... President Biden Signs Orange Book Transparency Act - In January, we reported that President Biden...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The CRISPR Chronicles: Enter Toolgen

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board has declared interferences individually between Toolgen as Senior Party and as Junior Party the parties in the pending interference, Broad Institute, Harvard...more

K&L Gates LLP

U.S. Patent Office Issues New Examples of Patent Eligibility Analysis of Life Sciences Claims

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On May 4, 2016, the United States Patent Office published a subject matter eligibility update for determining patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The Update supplements the previous guidelines and includes additional...more

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USPTO Issues Subject Matter Eligibility Update

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On May 5, 2016, the USPTO published a Memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps titled “Formulating a Subject Matter Eligibility Rejection and Evaluating the Applicant’s Response to a Subject Matter Eligibility Rejection.” The...more

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