Tag Archives: USPTO

Lather. Rinse. Repeat — In re Baxter International, Inc.

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Warren Woessner

The following is a guest blog from Ron Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. It just got it easier for infringers to use reexamination as a way to wash a judicial patent validity determination right out of their hair. … Continue reading →

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USPTO Proposes Rules To Implement Micro Entity Patent Fee Provisions Of AIA

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Warren Woessner

A guest post from Gary Speier, shareholder with Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner. Last week, the USPTO published a Federal Register notice proposing rules for implementing certain provisions of section 10 of the America Invents Act related to micro entities. (A … Continue reading →

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SLW Invites You To A Free Webinar – America Invents Act: What Corporate Counsel Need To Know

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Warren Woessner

Please join Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. for an hour-long discussion on how combining litigation, reexamination, and interference results in the USPTO’s new adversarial proceedings: inter partes review and post-grant review. The AIA offers these proceedings to provide efficient patentability … Continue reading →

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USPTO Institutes “QUICK PATH” IDS PILOT Program

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Warren Woessner

The USPTO has announced the implementation of a pilot program, effective from May 16th until September 30th, to permit applicants to file IDS statements after payment of the issue fee in utility and reissue applications, without the need to continue … Continue reading →

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