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In 1980, President Jimmy Carter named Helen W. Nies to the United States Customs and Patent Appeals Court.

Take a look at the new home for infographics on AIABlog.com and bookmark the page! Review coverage of trends in IPRs, CBMs, and supplemental examination; tips for filings and discovery; an ADS timeline, and other helpful visual graphics

As a follow-on to the blog post dated May 7, 2013, below is an updated snapshot of the IPR filings to-date.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held that a single entity may be liable for patent infringement if it directs or controls the performance of others who perform a patented method...

WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) provides various webinars to deliver PCT information

A Quick Patent Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) submission may be filed in a reissue application, but is not applicable in a design or plant application or to reexamination proceedings.

The First Office Action Estimator can check on current estimates on how long it will take for a first office action on a patent application by entering an Art Unit or Class and Subclass associated with a current or potential application.

Through the Global Dossier Initiative, users can view the patent family for a particular application, which contains all the related applications filed at participating IP Offices...

PatentsView examines 40 years of patenting activity in the U.S. through the use of various graphic illustrations, charts, and maps.

The Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC) offers support in submitting your Patent Application via EFS-Web; viewing Application information in Public and Private PAIR ...

The USPTO Checker Version 4.4.6 is a Microsoft Windows-based software application for checking biotechnology Sequence Listings for compliance with format and content rules.

The USPTO dossier content is now available in PATENTSCOPE in the "documents" table of each international application.

Prosecution Pointer 112.

WIPO provides a list of those States bound by the Paris Convention but not the PCT here.

"Kind codes" printed on the USPTO's published documents are explained here.

Ever wonder what prior art electronic resources are available to US patent examiners? Here is a link to those resources.

The Patent and Trademark Resource Center provides a video tutorial on "How to Conduct a Preliminary U.S. Patent Search: A Step by Step Strategy."

Patent assignment can be looked up using the USPTO's Patent Assignment Search. This searchable database contains all recorded Patent Assignment information from August 1980 to the present.