The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a program available to some patent applications that have entered the national stage. In order to qualify for ...
Recent trends in trademark application timelines
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO website offers a wealth of information about trademarks. One valuable publication is the “Trade...
Throwing the proverbial kitchen sink into your patent application
Many inventors believe that disclosure limits the scope of their protection. They try to give vague, non-specific examples in an effort to not “...
USPTO Supplemental Register vs. the Principal Register
Trademarks are registered under one of two national registers at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): Principal Register and Supplem...
AIA & post-grant review
The America Invents Act (AIA) introduces two new procedures for post-grant review of a patent. After the issue date, there will be a 9-month period du...
Strategies for potential PPH participation
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a treaty program of participating national patent offices. The PPH program allows an inventor to fast track co...
The America Invents Act (AIA) is not all roses
In a NYSBA article by Charles Miller and Daniel Archibald on USPTO post-grant patent proceedings under the American Invents Act entitled “Agency Dec...
Beware of trademark scam “from USPTO”
Once your trademark has been accepted, it enters the USPTO register, which is viewable by the general public. While this puts the public on notice tha...
How does the new Fast Track option compare to the Accelerated Examination procedure for patent applications?
In 2006, the USPTO introduced the accelerated examination process. If an application conducted a pre-filing search and submitted an examination suppor...
USPTO Response Times for RCEs
After a patent application is filed, the Patent Office assigns an Examiner to review the merits of the invention and determine if a patent should be i...