Patent Baristas

As a source of amusement, Modern Mechanix has a piece about how the Patent Office has become a national disgrace (in June 1930!). In the article, written for Popular Science Monthly, the author relates how, at the time it was written, there were nearly 118,000 applications for patents piled up in Washington in the greatest […]

As we reported earlier, the Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary, has issued its draft report on the Patent Reform bill (S. 1145), to amend the patent laws currently in Title 35 of the United States Code. These changes will have a dramatic impact (positive or negative depending on where you stand) on every patent applicant. […]

The Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary, has issued its draft report on the Patent Reform bill (S. 1145), to amend the patent laws currently in Title 35 of the United States Code. While the last comprehensive patent law reform by Congress was last major revision of the patent laws was the Patent Act of 1952, P.L. […]

Many readers asked about the “suspicious procedures” at the USPTO regarding the Proposed Continuations Limit Rule, the Proposed Claims Limit Rule, the Proposed IDS Rule, and the Final Continuations and Claims Limits Rule.  See Tafas v. Dudas case to enjoin enactment of the USPTO’s new rules. The question is, can’t things be explained by the ordinary […]

Another interesting brief filed with the district court asking it to issue a summary judgment that the retroactive application of PTO rules on continuation and claiming practice is foul play is by Polestar Capital Associates and The Norseman Group. See Tafas v. Dudas case to enjoin enactment of the USPTO’s new rules, “Changes to Practice for […]

The American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Intellectual Property Owners Association have filed briefs with the district court asking it to issue a summary judgment that the retroactive application of PTO rules on continuation and claiming practice is poor sportsmanship. See Triantafyllos Tafas v. Jon W. Dudas, et al. consolidated with Smithkline Beecham Corporation, […]

The European Patent Convention (EPC) has been revised for the first time since its inception in 1973. The revised version of the Convention, known as EPC 2000, will come into force on December 13, 2007.These changes will bring the EPC into line with recent developments in International Law. These changes will affect European patent applications […]

Substantial Cost Reductions for Validating European Patents The cost of obtaining patent protection in Europe is set to reduce significantly early next year thanks to the imminent implementation of the London Agreement. At present a European patent application must be prosecuted before the European Patent Office in any one of the three official languages, English, […]