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USPTO’s ‘First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program’

November 2, 2023 Robert Yarbrough Patent

A sore point among inventors and invention owners is the time required for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to review a utility patent application. That time generally runs between eighteen months and two and a half years or more. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has created a new “first-time filer expedited examination […]

Government Shutdown! – What Happens to My Patent Application?

October 5, 2023 Robert Yarbrough Intellectual Property, Patent

Oh, great. Another government shutdown. The last one lasted 35 days, ending January 25, 2019. Before that, it was February 2018 and, before that, January 2018. We’re about to have the government forcibly closed. Planning on a trip to a national park? Better reconsider. Want to sell your product to the military? Fuhgeddaboudit. What about the […]

New Year, New Beginnings

January 5, 2023 Robert Yarbrough Patent

It’s time to turn over a bright, shiny new leaf and to make hopeful resolutions with the best of intentions. Your Faithful Narrator’s thoughts turn to a shiny new beginning of the distant past – to the year 1790, only three years after the Founders hammered out the new U.S. Constitution and one year after […]

The Unabated Deluge of Chinese Trademark Applications

December 12, 2022 Adam Garson Trademark

In March 2019, we wrote with some concern, that as early as 2017 Chinese companies had filed more than 12 times the number of trademark applications with the USPTO than in previous years. At that time the director of the USPTO stated that “forecasts indicate that annual increases are expected to average 10% during the next 8 […]

What is the “USPTO?”

November 14, 2022 Adam Garson Patent, Trademark

*Originally posted on November 6, 2015 The “USPTO” is the abbreviation for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It is a federal government administrative agency under the Commerce Department that is responsible for granting patents and issuing trademark registrations. Facts about the USPTO: While this sounds simple enough it is actually a large agency, […]

The Washington Football Team vs. Trademark Squatters – The Sequel

August 5, 2021 Joshua Waterston Trademark

On July 13, 2020, the era of the NFL’s Washington Redskins ended (following pressure from the public and from corporate sponsors) and a new era began. Unfortunately, it was – and remains – an unnamed era. The team is currently called “The Washington Football Team” – it’s better than “The Washington Insert Name Here” but […]

Who Can Challenge a Patent before the USPTO?

May 20, 2021 Robert Yarbrough Patent

The story today demonstrates that even experienced and sophisticated patent owners, like Apple, can trip over the fundamentals. ‘Inter partes review’ is a way* for a person or company to challenge someone else’s patent before the USPTO. A person who wants to challenge a patent can petition the USPTO and submit prior patents, applications or other […]

2021 Brings New Trademark Fees

January 14, 2021 Adam Garson Trademark

2021 brings new trademark fees. The PTO states: “The overall strategy of the Final Rule is to balance a reasonable and affordable fee schedule with sufficient multi-year revenue to recover the aggregate costs of maintaining the USPTO’s trademark-related operations and accomplishing the USPTO’s trademark-related strategic goals. The Final Rule enables the USPTO to continue to enhance […]

New Trademark Rules: Legislators Seek to Streamline the PTO

December 31, 2020 Adam Garson Trademark

On Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill. Included within the massive piece of legislation are a number of new laws specifically addressing intellectual property issues, including the 2020 Trademark Modernization Act (TMA), the Case Act and other copyright related legislation discussed in another article […]

Here’s a Riddle: When Is an Invention Both Obvious and Non-obvious?

May 21, 2020 Robert Yarbrough Intellectual Property, Patent

Those of you who know patents know that to be patentable an invention must not be obvious to a person who is knowledgeable in the field; that is, the invention must represent more than a trivial improvement over prior inventions. Inventors, the USPTO and the courts struggle with whether inventions are or are not ‘obvious.’ In general, […]

Tag Archives: USPTO

USPTO’s ‘First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program’

Government Shutdown! – What Happens to My Patent Application?

New Year, New Beginnings

The Unabated Deluge of Chinese Trademark Applications

What is the “USPTO?”

The Washington Football Team vs. Trademark Squatters – The Sequel

Who Can Challenge a Patent before the USPTO?

2021 Brings New Trademark Fees

New Trademark Rules: Legislators Seek to Streamline the PTO

Here’s a Riddle: When Is an Invention Both Obvious and Non-obvious?

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