Under the new rules, applicants can only file two continuation or continuation-in-part applications and one request for continued examination as a matter of right. The new rules also require applicants to inform the USPTO of applications and patents that are commonly owned and have overlapping ...
Karen Young, Director of Technology Center 2900 at the USPTO provided an update on the state of the Design Patent Technology Center. In recent years, design patents have continued to grow in popularity. In FY2021, the number of design patents filed increased by 17.6% to a total of 54,201...
2 Note, the feedback received was primarily directed to examination procedures and, accordingly, this update focuses on clarifying practice for patent examiners. However, all USPTO personnel are expected to follow the guidance.3 In the discussion below, the response to each theme is addressed in ...
element74. The standpipe80can be an integral portion of the mesh holder76, or can be a separate part that is integrated with the mesh holder76. The flow received into the standpipe80is then directed out of the filter system58through a passage....
Edwards Wildman Palmer and CPA Global. In his new role he will advise the firm on its use of non-legal IP products and technologies to ensure continued access to the IP data and analytics. He will also play a client-facing role, assessing the IP software needs of Lewis Si...
which is very user-friendly and which can be easily and cleanly inserted into a micro speaker or electronic device as a simple part, both before the micro speaker has been installed into a mobile electronic device and also retrospectively into a pre-made or pre-existing mobile electronic device...
USPTO Seeks Comments on Request for Continued Examination (RCE) PracticeCourtenay C. Brinckerhoff
Taking a Stand on USPTO Request for Continued Examination (RCE) PolicyCourtenay C. Brinckerhoff
Change In USPTO Processing Of RCEs Likely To Significantly Delay Prosecution.(requests for continued examination)(United States Patent and Trademark Office)Brinckerhoff, Courtenay
(s).The PPH pilot program enables an applicant, whose patent claims, in part or as a whole, have been determined to be allowable/patentable in the Office of First Filing (USPTO) through substantive examination, to undergo an accelerated examination under the PPH in the Office of Second ...