After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 Program
The After Final Consideration Pilot Program can be a helpful tool for furthering the examination of a patent application.
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Patent Drawing Requirements
Patent drawings are not subject to incredibly strict rules, but there are some requirements that should be followed.
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What is an Ex Parte Quayle Action?
An Ex Parte Quayle Action is a communication from the Patent Office closing prosecution on the merits in order to resolve technical details.
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Importance of Patent Assignment Dating Practices
The date on which a patent assignment of an inventor’s patent rights is made can have a significant effect on downstream prosecution and success of the application(s) directed to the invention. During prosecution, the Examiner will almost always cite prior…
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Submitting Prior Art in Another’s Patent Application
A protest is one type of pre-issuance submission of prior art.
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Revival of a Patent Application under the Unintentional Delay Standard
Since 2013, patent applications can only be revived under an unintentionally-delayed standard.
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But What About Space Inventions?
US patent law has provisions that account for space activity.
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What is an RCE?
An RCE is a request made in a pending patent application to obtain continued examination after the application has received a final rejection and examination of the application has been closed.
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New Website at US Patent and Trademark Office
The US Patent and Trademark Office rolled out a new website recently. It is intended to improve the experience of doing business with the USPTO.
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How Good Do Patent Drawings Have To Be?
Patent drawings have to be good enough to have satisfactory reproduction characteristics.