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USPTO Issues Clarification Regarding New BPAI Rules
Posted Nov 20, 2008
Posted Nov 20, 2008
USPTO Adopts New Annual Practitioner Maintenance Fee Rules
Posted Nov 18, 2008
Posted Nov 18, 2008
USPTO Adjusts PCT Transmittal and Search Fees
Posted Nov 12, 2008
Posted Nov 12, 2008
USPTO and DKPTO to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway
Posted Nov 3, 2008
Posted Nov 3, 2008
Australian Patent Office to Act as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for International Applications Received by the USPTO (signed 31 October 2008)[ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Nov 3, 2008
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (signed 20 October 2008)[ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Oct 22, 2008
Addition of Korean Intellectual Property Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents and Further Procedural Information (signed 14 October 2008)[ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Oct 16, 2008
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office (signed 22 September 2008)[ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Sep 22, 2008
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) (signed 18 September 2008) [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Sep 19, 2008
Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Between the USPTO and the UKIPO (signed 29 August 2008) [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Aug 29, 2008
Duplicate Copy of Forms for Fee Processing No Longer Required (signed 27 August 2008)[ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Aug 27, 2008
The 8th edition, revision 7 of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure is now available in PDF from our MPEP page
Posted Aug 18, 2008
Posted Aug 18, 2008
250 Attend Annual Independent Inventors Conference
Posted Aug 11, 2008
Posted Aug 11, 2008
Registered Practitioners to Update Contact Information via New Online System
Posted Jul 25, 2008
Posted Jul 25, 2008
USPTO Extends and Expands Peer Review Pilot
Posted Jul 16, 2008
Posted Jul 16, 2008
"Triway" Pilot Program among the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, and the Japan Patent Office [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jul 15, 2008
Independent Inventors Conference Set for August 8-9
Posted Jun 26, 2008
Posted Jun 26, 2008
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jun 23, 2008
USPTO to Publish New Rules Regarding Ex Parte Appeals Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Posted Jun 9, 2008
Posted Jun 9, 2008
Notice of Town Hall Meeting on the Protection of Industrial Designs [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted May 29, 2008
USPTO and EPO to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway
Posted Apr 28, 2008
Posted Apr 28, 2008
Updated Notification of the 2008 Business Method Partnership Meeting
Posted Apr 15, 2008
Posted Apr 15, 2008
Notice of Complex Work Unit Pilot Program Request for Voluntary Submission of Electronic Complex Work Unit Files [signed 14 April 2008 [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Apr 15, 2008
USPTO Initiates New Program to Reduce Pendency and Improve Patent Quality
Posted Apr 14, 2008
Posted Apr 14, 2008
USPTO Issues Updated Patent Examiner Training Materials on the Written Description Requirement
Posted Apr 11, 2008
Posted Apr 11, 2008
WEB CAST RE: PUBLIC PAIR AND DATA-MINING REQUESTS WEB CAST [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Apr 3, 2008
Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Letter to Senate Calls for Patent Applicant Quality Submissions Provision in Patent Modernization Legislation
Posted Apr 3, 2008
Posted Apr 3, 2008
Notification of the 2008 Business Method Partnership meeting
Posted Apr 3, 2008
Posted Apr 3, 2008
USPTO and IP Australia to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway
Posted Apr 1, 2008
Posted Apr 1, 2008
Change in Procedure for Requests to Withdraw from Representation In a Patent Application [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Mar 17, 2008
Nanotechnology Customer Partnership Meeting April 22, 2008
Posted Mar 12, 2008
Posted Mar 12, 2008
Termination of the United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Feb 19, 2008
Enhancement of Priority Document Exchange Program and USPTO Declaration Form [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Feb 13, 2008
All prior editions and revisions of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) are now available in PDF on the MPEP webpage
Posted Feb 7, 2008
Posted Feb 7, 2008
Commerce Under Secretary to Address Bush Administration’s Views on Patent Reform Act of 2007
Posted Feb 4, 2008
Posted Feb 4, 2008
USPTO Expands Patent Prosecution Highway Network to Canadian, Korean Patent Offices
Posted Jan 28, 2008
Posted Jan 28, 2008
New Route Pilot Project between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jan 24, 2008
Duty of Disclosure Language Set Forth in Oaths or Declarations Filed in Nonprovisional Patent Applications [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jan 22, 2008
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jan 14, 2008
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jan 14, 2008
Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between USPTO and UK IPO [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jan 14, 2008
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Addresses USPTO Patent Training Academy Graduation Ceremony
Posted Jan 14, 2008
Posted Jan 14, 2008
USPTO and JPO to Implement Patent Prosecution Highway on Full-Time Basis
Posted Dec 21, 2007
Posted Dec 21, 2007
25th Annual Trilateral Conference - Leaders of the Trilateral Patent Offices Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Posted Nov 9, 2007
Posted Nov 9, 2007
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a) [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Oct 26, 2007
USPTO Publishes Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness in Light of the Supreme Court’s KSR v Teleflex Decision
Posted Oct 10, 2007
Posted Oct 10, 2007
USPTO Will Begin Study of Patent Examiners’ Production Goals
Posted Oct 4, 2007
Posted Oct 4, 2007
United States and Swedish Patent Offices to Cooperate on International Search and Examination Services
Posted Sep 17, 2007
Posted Sep 17, 2007
USPTO and United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway
Posted Sep 4, 2007
Posted Sep 4, 2007
Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Sep 4, 2007
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Final Decisions Now Text Searchable
Posted Aug 30, 2007
Posted Aug 30, 2007
Electronic Signatures and Initials by Office Personnel Permitted in Application, Patent, and Reexamination Proceeding Matters [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Aug 20, 2007
USPTO to Publish Measures to Improve Patent Quality
Posted Aug 20, 2007
Posted Aug 20, 2007
Electronic Transfer of Priority Documents to the International Bureau [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Aug 14, 2007
USPTO Proposes New Measure to Improve Patent Quality and Reduce Pendency
Posted Aug 10, 2007
Posted Aug 10, 2007
Priority Document Exchange JPO Now Joins USPTO and EPO in the PDX Program
Posted Jul 31, 2007
Posted Jul 31, 2007
USPTO and the Japan Patent Office Launch Electronic Priority Document Exchange
Posted Jul 30, 2007
Posted Jul 30, 2007
Claims and Continuations Final Rules to Publish in Late Summer
Posted Jul 25, 2007
Posted Jul 25, 2007
Draft KSR Training Guidelines Under OMB Review
Posted Jul 20, 2007
Posted Jul 20, 2007
Comments Regarding the International Effort to Harmonize the Substantive Requirements of Patent Laws
Posted Jul 11, 2007
Posted Jul 11, 2007
Addition of Japan Patent Office as Participating Foreign Intellectual Property Office in Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jul 10, 2007
Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the USPTO and the JPO [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jun 28, 2007
USPTO to Test Impact of Public Input on Improving Patent Quality in the Computer Technologies
Posted Jun 7, 2007
Posted Jun 7, 2007
Pilot Concerning Public Submission of Peer Reviewed Prior Art [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jun 6, 2007
Simplification of the Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jun 6, 2007
Electronic Notification of Outgoing Correspondence (e-Office Action) Update [ Download in PDF format ]
Posted Jun 6, 2007