Background: USPTO Issues New AI Eligibility Memo The USPTO issued a memorandum on Aug 2, 2025. This was to help examiners assess subject matter eligibility in software-related inventions, especially those…
The USPTO has a new trick up its sleeve. If you own older patents, you may actually like it. It’s called the “settled expectations” doctrine. Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart…
The USPTO issued an update on August 6, 2025. In this announcement, it terminated over 52,000 trademark applications and registrations linked to a foreign filing firm. Additionally, the PTO issued…
Shockwave Raised Hopes for Using AAPA in IPRs If you thought Shockwave Medical would let you slip Applicant-Admitted Prior Art (AAPA) into an inter partes review (IPR) to patch holes…
The USPTO offers significant fee discounts for small and micro entities. In particular, small entities include individuals, businesses with up to 500 employees, or non-profits.Meanwhile, micro entities meet small entity…
Given the long wait times for patent prosecution, the USPTO had offered several ways to speed the process up*. One of those, Accelerated Examination, offered the option of having the…
The USPTO recently announced it had now removed over 50,000 goods and services from the trademark register. Using ex parte expungement and reexamination proceedings, the majority of the cancellations were…
The rule book and the black box USPTO Rescinds the Vidal Memorandum Acting USPTO Director Coke Stewart has rescinded the June 2022 Vidal Memorandum. The move is sending ripples through…
The USPTO has changed how fees for Information Disclosure Statements (IDS) work, this change was implemented 2025-01-19.A brief overview of the changes are as follows:There are now fees for when…
“When in doubt, cite it” is the wisdom handed down regarding prior art on the edges of relevance. After all, it didn’t cost much to cite such art by filing…