There are websites and other resources that compile metrics of the publicly available activity of every patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Analytics in the Patent Application ...

Conclusion. Regardless of whether you are facing an objection or a rejection you must fix the application in one-way or another. The goal is to get a notice of allowance from the patent examiner ...

Under the Expedited Patent Appeal Pilot, ... the process for handling an application of a withdrawn appeal under the pilot program will follow that which is set forth in MPEP § 1215, ...

This article covers USPTO’s new rules for discretionary denial of IPR and PGR petitions, focusing on factors like timing, ...

In order for a patent application to be complete and move on to the prosecution process where the patent examiner will begin to substantively consider the application, the application must include ...

Arpita Kulshrestha of Anand and Anand provides an overview of the review and appeal process for an unsuccessful patent application, analysing the various grounds for overturning a rejection Amidst the ...

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A new pilot program by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board will allow those with multiple appeals before the board to expedite ...

If your application is rejected twice, you can file an appeal with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Should I File a Patent? I filed a few patent applications back in 2010 and they’re still ...

On September 10, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decided key motions in Interference No. 106,115, University of California v. Broad Institute. The interference involves 10 patent ...

It has become increasingly clear that the distinction the court tried to draw in State Street is incoherent. To restrict a patent to the "useful, concrete, and tangible" applications of an ...

The federal office that regulates patents is considering whether to appeal a court decision this month that threw out proposed rules that would limit how many times companies can resubmit patent ...