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  • PTAB/USPTO Update - May 2026
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  • PTAB Update | April 2026

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jdsupra.com /1 month 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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jdsupra.com /1 week ago

PTAB/USPTO Update - June 2026

Starting June 18, the USPTO will require registration for access to the Open Data Portal (ODP), which is the USPTO’s platform to extract USPTO data for free. The steps to register...

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jdsupra.com /3 weeks 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 week ago

The USPTO Just Sent You a Save-the-Date — Here’s What to Do with It

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced a new “Pre-Docketing Notice” pilot program aimed at improving transparency and efficiency in the patent examina...

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law360.com /1 month 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 /3 weeks 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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natlawreview.com /2 weeks ago

New USPTO “Pre-Docketing Notice” Pilot Program Could Streamline Examination

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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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law360.com /1 week ago

USPTO Mulling Certain Patent Apps After 'Atypical' Case

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is asking why it should keep reviewing patent applications that would not end up giving their owners rights to assert against alleged infringer...

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ipwatchdog.com /1 month ago

The Latest Attempt to Expose SAWS Highlights Structural Flaws at the USPTO

Whether or not the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) wants to admit it, over most of the last generation there has been a secret examination docket. Not surprisingl...

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ipwatchdog.com /1 month ago

USPTO Targets Removal of 10,500 Trademarks for Fraudulent Submissions, Scam Billing Practices

Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a trademark alert highlighting actions that the agency has taken recently to remove fraudulent and otherwise invalid marks...

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jdsupra.com /2 weeks ago

USPTO Launches ‘Pre-Docketing Notice’ Pilot Program for Pending Utility Patent Applications

The US Patent and Trademark Office recently announced a new “Pre-Docketing Notice” pilot program intended to increase transparency and improve examination efficiency for pending ut...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

Inside the USPTO's AI Rollout: What IP Stakeholders Need to Know

On April 29, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held a webinar providing a look at how the agency is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) across patent operatio...

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natlawreview.com /2 weeks ago

Mandatory USPTO PIER Pilot Creates New Risks for PCT National Stage Filings

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

The USPTO Just Rewrote the Rules on Patent Challenges

The United States Patent and Trademark Office quietly introduced a procedural change in April 2026 that fundamentally alters the power balance in patent reexamination....By: NovoTe...

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law360.com /1 month 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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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

New Ex Parte Reexamination Procedure at USPTO: What Patent Owners and Challengers Need to Know

Under 35 USC § 303(a), the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) must determine within three months of the filing of a reexamination request whether the request raises a substanti...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

What's Trending in Trademarks: April 2026

This month brought two fast-moving courtroom fights over tech brand names, a major USPTO modernization announcement, and a quietly significant celebrity trademark settlement....By:...

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jdsupra.com /3 weeks ago

U.S. IP Update – May 2026

Sterne Kessler’s U.S. IP Update is a newsletter delivering the latest developments in U.S. intellectual property law, tailored for companies and legal counsel in Korea. Stay inform...

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jdsupra.com /3 weeks ago

U.S. IP Update – May 2026

Sterne Kessler’s U.S. IP Update is a newsletter delivering the latest developments in U.S. intellectual property law, tailored for companies and legal counsel in Korea. Stay inform...

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jdsupra.com /2 weeks 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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jdsupra.com /2 weeks ago

New USPTO “Pre-Docketing Notice” Pilot Program Could Streamline Examination

The USPTO announced a new pilot program that could streamline examination, improve examination efficiency, and help the USPTO use its examination resources more efficiently. The “P...

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ipwatchdog.com /1 month ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 15: PTAB Decisions on Inconsistent Claim Arguments Marked Informative; Bill Movi...

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act moves one step closer toward enactment; the Federal Circuit reverses attorney’s fees award a...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

USPTO Announces New Discretionary Factors For Patent Review Proceedings, Prioritizing U.S. Manufacturing And Small Busin...

On March 11, 2026, United States Patent and Trademark Office Director John A. Squires issued a memorandum introducing additional discretionary factors for the institution of inter...

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