The Ex Parte Appeal Rule which was set to go into effect December 10, 2008 is officially DELAYED. The Rules will not go into effect tomorrow as originally posted. A notice to be published in tomorrow’s Federal Register reads as follows: The proposed information collection request is currently under consideration for approval by OMB. The […]
On June 10, 2008, the USPTO published new Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals (73 Fed. Reg. 32937-32977, June 10, 2008; Final Rule). The new rules apply to all appeals in which an appeal brief is filed on or after December 10, 2008. However, before these […]
Dear editor, Your blog at https://patentbaristas.com/archives/2008/12/05/new-uspto-patent-appeal-procedures-still-on-for-december-10-2008/#respond has a quote from an OMB spokesperson who was asked about the appeal rule’s review: “The Paperwork Reduction Act gives OMB 60 days to review agency information collections. While every effort is made to conclude reviews within this time-frame occasionally reviews take longer in order to gather and analyze […]
The quarterly customer partnership meeting of the biotechnology, chemical, and pharmaceutical (BCP) technology groups at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, provided an update on the training and development of Examiners. Janet Gongola, Associate Solicitor for the Office of the Solicitor, presented a new training module for teaching patent examining corps about case law. According […]
Well, oral arguments were held yesterday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to hear the matter of the Tafas v. Dudas and the US Patent Office, an appeal of the claims and continuations rules promulgated by the USPTO which were preliminarily enjoined and ultimately permanently enjoined by the District Court effect […]
On June 10, 2008, the USPTO published new Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals (73 Fed. Reg. 32937-32977, June 10, 2008; Final Rule). The new rules apply to all appeals in which an appeal brief is filed on or after December 10, 2008. The Board of […]
As mentioned in the AmLaw Daily, Dennis Crouch’s Patently-O blog reported on a newly published patent application by Halliburton Energy Services. The patent application has claims to what can only be described as a method of doing business when your business is patent trolling, i.e., getting rights to a patent and asserting it against infringers. […]
In the ten weeks between the election and the inauguration, we will have plenty of time to ponder what changes, if any, might be in store for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Many believe its interminable quest to improve so-called patent quality has led to a precipitous drop in patent allowances. The question is, […]
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