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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is in the process of developing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to add to the tool that patent examiners use for conducting prior art searches.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing an extension of its COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program.
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As part of the USPTO's continuing efforts to protect the integrity of the U.S. trademark register, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has established an administrative process to investigate improper trademark-related submissions.
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The USPTO posted a notice announcing the establishment of an email address (PCTHelp@uspto.gov) for submitting inquiries regarding the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the procedures applicable to international applications filed under the PCT and U.S. national stage applications submitted under 35 U.S.C. § 371
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rule that delays until January 1, 2023, the effective date of the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.16(u) for any nonprovisional utility patent application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111, including any continuing application, that is not filed in DOCX format.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a new rule in the Federal Register to implement the provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) of 2020.
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The USPTO has announced that starting in 2022, as part of its ongoing efforts to protect the integrity of the U.S. trademark register, all trademark filers will be required to verify their identity with a one-time verification process.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has announced that effective December 1, 2022, the deadline to respond to an Office Action for trademark applications based on Sections 1 and 44 will be three months.
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The 2021 Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) Annual Report is now available online.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) commenced a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program with the National Institute of Industrial Property of France (INPI) on December 1, 2021.
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