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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced that it intends to place six administrative patent judges with the Board of Patent
January 31 – February 2 Harness Dickey attorney Robert Siminski will be attending the Pharma IPR conference in Mumbai, India – January 31.-Feb.2. The
The USPTO issued a total of 247741 patents in 2011, more than any previous year. Of these, 224519 were utility patents. It is interesting to note that
The USPTO issued 21256 design patents in 2011, which is down slightly from 2010 (22799) continuing the downward trend since 2008 when issuances peaked
The USPTO issued 239346 trademark registrations in 2011. The most active trademark classes are Class 9 – scientific and electronic apparatus (24,590);
Troy Attorney, Robert Siminski, was recently published as contributing author to The Innovation
Today I met with the Korean Patent Court (KPC), which is essentially equivalent to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). Despite its
Today I had the privilege of meeting with five Justices of The Supreme People’s Court. The Justices were very engaging and did a great job educating our group on procedural issues. We discussed everything
This morning I met with a delegation of the State Intellectual Property Office led by Deputy Commissioner Yang Tiejun in Beijing. He participated in a question and answer session covering various topics.
Patent “Reform” — the America Invents Act — which is being implemented over the next eighteen months, makes significant changes to America’s patent system that will require