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How long does U.S. patent and trademark prosecution take? (2021 edition)

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The USPTO recently released its FY 2021 Performance and Accountability Report , which contains detailed information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about its review of patent and trademark applications this year. The number of provisional patent applications dropped by 9.2%

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How to review a draft patent application and provide useful comments

Patent Trademark Blog

What kinds of comments are useful in revising a draft patent application? So your patent attorney has send you a first draft of your utility patent application for your review. You’re not sure what to do, so you read my helpful tips on how to review a draft patent application.

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Interesting Patents | Nintendo and Pokémon Company’s New Patent Application

LexBlog IP

Interesting Patents | Nintendo and Pokémon Company’s New Patent Application by Founders Legal The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants hundreds of new patents every week, showcasing developments in technology and innovation. Looking for more information on patents ?

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Can you change a patent application after filing?

Patent Trademark Blog

Can you change a patent application after it has been filed? Do ideas simply stop churning in your head after a patent application has been filed? Anyone creative enough to file a patent application would likely continue to think and improve upon their innovation. You can certainly amend the claims.

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How long does a U.S. patent or trademark application take to grant? (2020 edition)

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The USPTO recently released its FY2020 Performance and Accountability Report , with contains helpful information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about its review of patent and trademark applications this year. 399,055 patents issued in FY 2020, also an all-time high of 665,231. million.

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How long does U.S. patent and trademark prosecution take? (2022 edition)

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Each year, IP Spotlight updates our readers who often ask: how long does it take for a patent or trademark registration to grant? The Data Visualization Center includes several dashboards with detailed information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about patent and trademark proceedings.

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EMP&A’s Unique Patent Pending Tool

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The following is an edited transcript of my video Our Unique Patent Pending Tool at EMP&A. We own more than a dozen trademark registrations for our brand, slogans and other creative trademarks, and we recently became the owners of a patent application. It is exclusively for trademarks.

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