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SpicyIP Tidbit: CGPDTM Calls for Comments and Suggestions on Different IP Manuals and Guidelines

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There is no date of introduction or revision on the Design Manual but considering that it was introduced by the then Controller General P H Kurien, who served on this position till 2012, it is safe to assume that the Manual was introduced before 2012. Lastly, the GI Manual, was last updated in 2011.

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Hyatt Returns to SCOTUS with Request to Clarify Standard for Summary Judgment, APA Scope of Review Provisions

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Supreme Court asking the Justices to weigh in on his challenge of a policy he alleges the USPTO implemented in the 1990s to categorically deny him issuance of any additional patents. Hyatt has been embroiled in litigation with the USPTO for decades and won a previous Supreme Court appeal in 2012. .

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Online Course for Patent Agent Exam Preparation [February 5]

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Apart from this, I will separately send out a drafting template for specification, and a complete patent prosecution file to the registrants on their email address. I have also recently published a book on Patent Law and Practice that is useful for exam takers. The book is available on Amazon and Flipkart.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

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Dr. Caleb Bates focuses his practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution, strategic counseling, and worldwide patent portfolio management in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. Patent & Trademark Office. Will Freeman focuses his practice on patent litigation in U.S.

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Raising the Bar Has Not Reduced the Patent Acceptance Rate in Australia

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In particular, expedited examination under the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) program rose from just 2.7% Finally, the most recent data confirms (once again) that the duration of patent prosecution (i.e. of cases in 2013/14 to 5.1% in 2019/20.

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Laching-On to Inexcusable Behavior

Patently-O

2021-2275 on January 20, 2023, in a dispute involving an alleged pattern of inappropriate conduct during patent prosecution. In a split decision, the Federal Circuit ruled that the district court did not abuse its discretion in declaring a patent unenforceable based on prosecution laches.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 15 Attorneys to Principal in Class Distinguished by Diversity of Background and Experience

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. from Cornell University in 2012, double majoring in chemistry and science and technology studies. As a patent attorney registered to practice before the U.S.