Posts Tagged: USPTO
House Small Business Committee Tackles Diversity Gap in Patenting Debate
The House Small Business Committee met earlier today for a hearing titled “Enhancing Patent Diversity for America’s Innovators,” in which members of Congress heard from witnesses …
Latest IFI CLAIMS Report Shows U.S. Patent Grants Are Up 15% Over 2018
U.S. patent grants grew by 15% from 2018 to 2019, with IBM heading the pack for the 27th consecutive year, according to IFI CLAIMS Patent Services’ 2019 report. There were 333,530 …
A Global Look at Post Grant Patent Maintenance Fees
A patent maintenance fee is an official fee that is payable at prescribed intervals to a national patent office over the lifecycle of a patent application or …
Arthrex Update: With Responses Due Next Week, Amici Urge Federal Circuit to Grant Rehearing
In December, petitions for rehearing were filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by each party involved in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & …
Case Law and Policy Changes in PTAB Practice During 2019
Despite the possibility that the judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) may have been unconstitutionally appointed, as held recently by a Federal Circuit panel, …
Retired USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Mary Boney Denison Recounts Her Career and the Challenges Ahead for the Office
On December 31, the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Commissioner for Trademarks, Mary Boney Denison, retired from her position with the agency. Denison joined …
A Plea for Clarity and a New Approach on Section 101 in 2020
The lack of clarity by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark patent case of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208; 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014) and …
The USPTO Will No Longer Accept PCT Collaborative Search and Examination Requests
Earlier today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it will no longer accept requests to participate in the IP5 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) …
Starting the Patent Process on a Limited Budget
If you are an inventor new to inventing, you undoubtedly believe you’ve come up with an idea, or two or three, that could really be successful. …
The Top 10 Patent Stories of the Decade 2010 – 2019: Part II
As we explained in Part I of this series yesterday, this December marks the end of a decade as well as 2019. In reflecting on the top 10 patent …
The Top 10 Patent Stories of the Decade 2010 – 2019: Part I
This year, we wind down not only the year, but the decade. So, it is time to reflect upon the biggest patent related stories of the last …
USPTO, DOJ & NIST Issue Joint Policy Statement on Injunctions for Standard Essential Patents
Earlier this afternoon, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (…
All Parties in Arthrex Want the Full Federal Circuit to Render a Better Decision
On December 16, the U.S. Government, Arthrex, Inc., and Smith & Nephew, Inc. each submitted petitions for rehearing and/or rehearing en banc asking the full Federal Circuit …
Is a Common Word Added to a TLD Like ‘.com’ Inherently Generic? Who Decides?
On November 8, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a Petition for Writ of Certiorari from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on the following issue: “…
Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB’s Invalidity Decision Regarding a Wireless Communications Patent
In November, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion reversing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (the PTAB or the Board) decision that claim 8 of IPR Licensing …
