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  • PTAB/USPTO Update - May 2026
  • USPTO Touts Fraud Crackdown In Patent, TM Applications
  • PTAB/USPTO Update - April 2026

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jdsupra.com /3 weeks ago

PTAB/USPTO Update - May 2026

On March 16, the USPTO responded to a recent release of U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14th annual International IP Index report, which ranked the United States No. 1 on the index. Direc...

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law360.com /2 weeks ago

USPTO Touts Fraud Crackdown In Patent, TM Applications

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Tuesday the agency is taking steps to combat fraudulent representations and invalid filings in trademark and patent applications, saying i...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

PTAB/USPTO Update - April 2026

On March 16, the USPTO responded to a recent release of U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14th annual International IP Index report, which ranked the United States No. 1 on the index. Direc...

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law360.com /1 month ago

USPTO Launches Pilot Aimed At Reducing Exam Backlog

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said it will launch a pilot program requiring some applicants at the national stage to request examination of their patent applications.

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law360.com /3 weeks ago

4th Circ. Says USPTO Doesn't Have To Cough Up PTAB Docs

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday said it won't force the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to hand over certain information requested by a nonprofit volunteer about drafts of a decisio...

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law360.com /1 month ago

USPTO Lets Patent Owners Argue Against Reexam Requests

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will now allow patent owners to file a brief explaining why an ex parte reexamination of their patent should not be instituted, a move the offi...

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natlawreview.com /1 month ago

USPTO to Take a Piercing Look at National Stage Applications

The USPTO has announced a new pilot program applicable only to U.S. national stage applications that will require applicants to confirm they want to proceed before their applicatio...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

USPTO Introduces New Decision Point for PCT National Stage Applications

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced a new pilot program that will require certain patent applicants to make an affirmative decision about whether to proceed w...

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law360.com /1 month ago

Google Takes USPTO 'Settled Expectations' Fight To High Court

Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's policy of using the age of patents as a reason to refuse to review them, saying the "...

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law360.com /1 week ago

USPTO Defends Squires' Axed PTAB Decision At Fed. Circ.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is arguing that the Federal Circuit should reject a patent challenger's appeal of Director John Squires' reversal of its successful case agains...

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jdsupra.com /1 week ago

USPTO PIER Program: Due to a shipping delay, can we cancel your order and not refund your money?

You’d be surprised to get that note from an online retailer, but it’s the deal the USPTO is offering with its new PIER (“PCT Informed Examination Request”) program, which just went...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

USPTO to Take a Piercing Look at National Stage Applications

The USPTO has announced a new pilot program applicable only to U.S. national stage applications that will require applicants to confirm they want to proceed before their applicatio...

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law360.com /1 month ago

USPTO Eying Older Patent Apps, Busier Tech For New Pilot

A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office leader on Wednesday clarified when the agency plans to flag patent applications that have already gone through the Patent Cooperation Treaty inte...

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law360.com /1 month ago

USPTO Ends COVID Patent Appeals Program

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has decided to end a program launched five years ago that aimed to prioritize and fast-track ex parte appeals of rejections on patent applicati...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

USPTO Implements PCT Informed Examination Request (PIER) Pilot Program for U.S. National Stage Applications

Key Points - • New pilot program requires action. The USPTO has launched the PCT Informed Examination Request (PIER) Pilot Program, which will compel applicants of certain unexami...

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law360.com /1 month ago

USPTO Extends AI-Based Search Pilot Program

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced it will extend its Artificial Intelligence Search Automated Pilot Program, launched last year to allow applicants and examiners t...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

Smarter, Faster, Cheaper: The USPTO “glow-up” and What It Means for Trademark Owners

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is in the middle of a significant modernization effort designed to make trademark registration faster, more accurate, and more reliable...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

Picture this: AI enhancements to trademark search and examination

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced several new artificial intelligence (AI) enhancements to its trademark search system and to the Trademark Center...

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law360.com /1 week ago

Squires Institutes 5 Patent Reviews, Rejects 7 Others

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires on Tuesday granted five requests for review of patents under the America Invents Act while turning down seven other petitions...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

IP Hot Topic: National Phase Patent Choices – Proceed, Postpone, or Part Ways With the PIER Pilot Program

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently introduced the PCT Informed Examination Request (PIER) Pilot Program effective on April 9, 2026, in which the USPTO w...

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jdsupra.com /1 week ago

PTAB Update | April 2026

With the decline of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and the significant increase in ex parte reexamination (EPR) proceedings, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

USPTO Moves to Protect Design Rights for Digital Innovations

On March 12, 2026, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John A. Squires announced new supplemental guidance regarding examination of design patent applications related to comp...

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jdsupra.com /2 days ago

USPTO Launches PIER Pilot Program Creating New Pre-Examination Decision Point for PCT National Stage Applications

The USPTO’s new PIER Pilot Program requires applicants in selected PCT national stage applications to affirmatively decide whether to proceed with, delay, or abandon U.S. patent ex...

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law360.com /1 day ago

Justices Told USPTO's 'Settled Expectations' Rule Flouts Law

A host of industry groups, professors, attorneys and more urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to take up Google's appeal arguing that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ex...

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