May 18, 2023 Maria C. SmithandSabrina Poulos biosimilars,IPR,PGR,PTAB,USPTO The USPTO has proposed several fee changes for implementation in 2025. If implemented, these changes will increase filing fees for Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) and Post Grant Reviews (PGRs) by 25% “to improve cost ...
USPTO Introduces Program that Allows Deferral of Patent Application Filing FeesRichard L. KaiserAlan C. Cheslock
(c). The increasing disclaimer fees would appear to encourage filing of terminal disclaimers to resolve NSDP issues early in prosecution, but the USPTO’s terminal disclaimer proposal will encourage applicants to avoid filing any terminal disclaimer if at all possible, leading to terminal disclaimers...
Every two years, the USPTO examines its filing fees and determines if any adjustments need to be made. After a quiet cycle in 2022-2023, the USPTO has instituted aggressive fee increases to take effect on January 18, 2024. The USPTO’s rationale is straightforward. The cost to examine and ...
One of the many concerns raised by the recent outage of the USPTO’s electronic filing system was the requirement to pay the surcharge due when a new U.S. application is not filed electronically.
that the mark registered under section 1 of the Act was not in use in commerce on or in connection with some or all of the goods and/or services as of the filing date of the application or amendment to allege use, or before the deadline for filing a statement of use, as applicable....
Publication Date: 04/11/2023 Filing Date: 12/31/2020 Export Citation: Click for automatic bibliography generation Assignee: Manicka Institute LLC (Woodbury, MN, US) International Classes: A61N1/05; A61B5/283; A61B5/349; A61B17/3211; A61M5/142; A61N1/372; A61N1/375; A61N1/39 ...
The maintenance costs thus increase since a large number of maintenance personnel must be hired and maintenance fees must be paid for each unit. The plurality of diskarray systems and fabric devices are further all autonomous devices so that the settings must be made by different methods according...
USPTO Reduces Electronic Trademark Filing Fees Effective January 2015Andrew Baum