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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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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