An International Application is not a prior application as to the National Stage (they are legally the same application), therefore amended 37 CFR 1.78(a)(2)...

Amendments to drawings filed after allowance are entered by the USPTO's Office of Publications. If such an amendment is forwarded to the examiner, the examiner should forward or return the application.

Prosecution Pointer

The Federal Circuit resides in the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building at 717 Madison Place NW in Washington, D.C.

You cannot retract any confidential information after you file a document publicly.

The Federal Circuit may grant a motion to expedite proceedings, which accelerates the overall time for an appeal, but only in certain circumstances.

A claim listing is required when there is a change to an existing claim, cancellation of an existing claim or addition of a new claim and that listing must include a complete listing of all claims ever presented.

If you cannot make either of the timeliness statements set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 1.97(e), one cannot file a QPIDS submission to have an IDS considered after payment of the issue fee.

The USPTO regularly offers its Stakeholder Training on Examination Practice and Procedure for individuals who have recently passed the Patent Bar for the purpose of representing applicants before the USPTO.

A cover sheet is required when submitting recordation requests electronically. If, however, you submit documents electronically through EFS, ETAS or EPAS ...

At the USPTO, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series will hold its next meeting virtually and in person at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria...

The IP5 Offices launched a Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) pilot project to test a collaborative approach to international searches under the PCT, in particular with a view to assessing the users' interest...

Earlier this year, independent designer Sonia Edwards brought a claim against fast-fashion giant Boohoo before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), alleging infringement of her unregistered design...

If an applicant wishes to have an application published earlier than the date that is eighteen months after the earliest filing date for which benefit is claimed...

This is part of a series of articles discussing recent orders of interest issued in patent cases by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

The Federal Circuit reversed a district court's indefiniteness ruling on a means-plus-function limitation, finding that the specification adequately disclosed corresponding structure for a "control means" term. The appellate court held that the district court improperly required the disclosed structure to perform unclaimed functions and incorrectly applied the algorithm disclosure requirement to logic circuitry-based controllers.

Reminder: It is the responsibility of the patentee to ensure maintenance fees and any applicable surcharges are paid timely to prevent expiration of the patent.

In this electronic age of the USPTO's Patent Center, the USPTO still accepts personal deliveries of patent applications.

For PCT applications, until international publication (18 months after the priority date), no third party is allowed access to an applicant's international application...

A claim listing of every claim ever presented in the application is required, even for preliminary amendments present on the filing date of the application.