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Lipton, Weinberger & Husick Blog on MSN.com · Dec 26, 2024

The Patent Application That Would Not Die

The USPTO has rejected the application a total of 32 times ... but this author can only speculate that maintaining ‘patent pending’ status is valuable to G.E. Financial, perhaps due to ...
JD Supra · 12d

USPTO Announces Changes to Patent Issue Timelines and Design Application Examinations

This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) made two announcements of interest to patent holders and practitioners as part
IPWatchdog · 8d

(Extensions of) Time May Not Be on the Side of USPTO Applicants with Long-Toothed Priority Claims

Due to the USPTO’s unexpected approach to implementing the Rule 1.17(w) surcharges, filing applications subject to those surcharges without paying fees on the filing date has become more complicated in at least two ways.
VoxelMatters · 14d

USPTO to suspend expedited examination of design applications

Learn how the USPTO's new regulations impact design patent applications and expedite examination processes starting April 2025.
IPWatchdog · 12d

New USPTO Group to Crack Down on Threats to U.S. Patent System

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Wednesday announced a new working group dedicated to broadening the Office’s efforts to mitigate common threats to the U.S. patent system.
VoxelMatters · 11d

How USPTO is mitigating threats to the patent system

Explore the USPTO and patent system's role in protecting intellectual property and fostering innovation and economic growth.
Icon for www.the-scientist.comThe Scientist · Jan 17, 2024

USPTO Issues Biotech Patent Guidelines

John J. Doll, director of biotechnology examination at USPTO, says the interim guidelines have become necessary to determine just how court decisions such as University of California Regents v. Eli Lilly and Co. will affect the patent application process.
Icon for www.law.comLaw · 26d

Make the Patent Office Great Again (POGA)

That could leave underperforming examiners to process a growing number of patent applications. The resulting workforce is a recipe for disaster and will return the USPTO to the days when the ...
Icon for finance.yahoo.comYahoo Finance · 29d

Hoth Therapeutics Receives USPTO Filing Receipt for HT-001 Formulation Patent Application, Expanding Existing Patent Coverage

The USPTO Filing Receipt confirms that the patent application has been formally accepted and will proceed through the examination process. This development adds an important layer of protection as ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 6, 2025

Reason for Hope at the USPTO

He’s named as an inventor on some 274 U.S. patents and published applications, some of which were declared unenforceable under the confused and inconsistent law of patentable subject matter.
Icon for finance.yahoo.comYahoo Finance · 21d

EXCLUSIVE: Anixa Biosciences Receives Key US Patent Nod For Breast Cancer Vaccine Patent

In March, the USPTO issued a Notice of Allowance for a key patent application covering Anixa Biosciences ovarian cancer vaccine technology. The patent includes broad claims related to methods of ...
Icon for www.nature.comNature · Dec 23, 2024

DNA patenting: the end of an era?

The major lead of the USPTO over the EPO in granted ... we classified 8,278 patent applications to determine their legal status using information from The International Patent Documentation ...