Posts Tagged: patent classification
Why the Patent Classification System Needs an Update
Patent categories were established more than 100 years ago. There are dozens of categories that reflect industry at the time: gears, sewing machines, and bicycles, to name a …
A Better Way to File Patent Applications
The PathWays system is designed to help applicants predict which art units an application is likely to be filed before the application is even filed. A unique …
An Exclusive Interview with USPTO Director Michelle Lee
There were no topics ruled out of bounds for this 30 minute interview, not even the Supreme Court's recent decision to accept cert. in Cuozzo, although as an …
Patent Searching 101: A Patent Search Tutorial
Inventors and entrepreneurs who are looking to cut costs frequently want to do their own patent search. This is a wise first move, but inventors need to …
When USPTO Classifies an Application Incorrectly
This case had been made Special on the Patent Prosecution Highway in October of 2013 because of a favorable Written Opinion from a PCT Searching Authority. For a …
USPTO and KIPO Announce Launch of Cooperative Patent Classification System Pilot
The pilot between KIPO and the USPTO marks a major first step towards KIPO classifying its patent collection using the CPC. For the pilot, KIPO will apply …
USPTO and EPO Publish Advance Version of Cooperative Patent Classification System
The U.S. Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) today announced early publication of a classification system …
Using US Patent Classifications to Enhance Key Word Searching to Achieve Higher Quality Patent Search Results
I have found it helpful to think about patent classifications as being large buckets with subclassifications being little buckets within the larger classification buckets. There are currently …
Increasing Patent Allowance Rates by Selectively Targeting a More Technological Patent Class
Class matters. Technology class, that is. In some of the more rapidly growing areas of our economy, like Social Networking and Mobile Phone Apps, it looks like …
USPTO and EPO Work on Joint Patent Classification System
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have agreed to work toward the formation of a joint patent classification system. …
Patent Searching 102: Using Public PAIR
If you are really serious about doing a high quality patent search on your own I recommend doing whatever you can to find 1 or 2 patents or patent …
An Exclusive Interview with Francis Gurry, WIPO Director General
Yesterday I had the honor of spending 30 minutes interviewing Francis Gurry, the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Director General spoke substantively about …
