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The USPTO Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) rules include a "safe harbor" that avoids a PTA deduction for "Applicant delay" for Information Disclosure Statements that are accompanied by a certain statement...
He United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is proposing to amend 37 C.F.R. § 1.704(d) to require that the patent term adjustment statement regarding the timing ...
Rules amending the Patent Rules1 were registered on June 2, 2022 and will largely come into force on October 3, 2022. The rules introduce claim fees and a continued examination scheme...
In recent years the United States Patent and Trademark Office has taken strides to reduce on average the duration of time between the filing of a patent application and either abandonment or issuance.
Patent protection, regulatory exclusivity and product life cycle management should be at the core of any company’s life science development strategy. A well-integrated strategy will be...