IP Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice on the “Duties of Disclosure and Reasonable Inquiry During Examination, Reexamination, and Reissue, and for Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board” on July 29, 2022 (87 FR 45764-67), without a big reaction from the IP community.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 23, 2022

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. within six months before the priority date of the ’987 patent), and all the inventors of the ’987 patent are also authors of the article.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

IAM recently named four Fish & Richardson principals to the 2021 edition of “Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists.” This exclusive list honors legal professionals across all industries who have earned a reputation for developing strategies that maximize the value of IP portfolios. 2021 IAM Strategy 300. John Dragseth.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Information and statements” may include, among other items, information that “refutes, or is inconsistent with, a position that the applicant takes in” either “opposing an argument of unpatentability relied on by the Office” or “asserting an argument of patentability.”. the party has a duty to submit the information to the USPTO.”.

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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

On October 12, 2021, the USPTO extended its program for after-final patent prosecution practice, AFCP 2.0, The USPTO initiated the “pilot” program in 2013 , to speed up prosecution and to increase contact between Examiners and applicants. Reissue applications and applications undergoing reexamination are not eligible for AFCP 2.0

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 15, 2021

On October 12, 2021, the USPTO extended its program for after-final patent prosecution practice, AFCP 2.0, The USPTO initiated the “pilot” program in 2013 , to speed up prosecution and to increase contact between Examiners and applicants. to September 30, 2022. with some frequency. treatment in any event.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Federal Circuit recently upheld the Patent Office’s decision to reject claims in four separate reexamination cases due to obviousness-type double patenting (ODP). Unless overturned, this decision will significantly affect patent families that have patents with different expiration dates.

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