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2 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Tyler Anne Dever |Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff |Tina Dorr |Eric Troutman
Skip to main content April 07, 2025 Volume XV, Number 97 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
The USPTO has published its final rule setting patent fees that will take effect January 19, 2025. The final rule steps back from some of the new fee structures proposed in April 2024, but still could have a significant impact on design patent practice, continuing application practice, and Information Disclosure Statement practice, among other areas.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
The USPTO has published its final rule setting patent fees that will take effect January 19, 2025. The final rule steps back from some of the new fee structures proposed in April 2024, but still could have a significant impact on design patent practice, continuing application practice, and Information Disclosure Statement practice, among other areas.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that
its "After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0"
("AFCP 2.0") will come to an end on December 14, 2024. First rolled out in 2013, the program was part of USPTO efforts
to reduce the need for Requests For Continued Examination (RCE) by
providing an opportunity to obtain consideration of narrowing claim
amendments after a "final" Office Action, possibly
resulting in allowance and grant of a patent.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that its “After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0” (“AFCP 2.0”) will come to an end on December 14, 2024. First rolled out in 2013, the program was part of USPTO efforts to reduce the need for Requests For Continued Examination (RCE) by providing an opportunity to obtain consideration of narrowing claim amendments after a “final” Office Action, possibly resulting in allowance and grant of a patent.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has revealed
"a coding error" in the software used to calculate Patent
Term Adjustment (PTA) awards that may have impacted patents issued
from March 19, 2024, through July 30, 2024. As with most PTA
errors, the burden is on patent owners to identify patents with
erroneous PTA awards and "submit a timely request for
reconsideration" under 37 CFR § 1.705(b).
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has revealed “a coding error” in the software used to calculate Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) awards that may have impacted patents issued from March 19, 2024, through July 30, 2024. As with most PTA errors, the burden is on patent owners to identify patents with erroneous PTA awards and “submit a timely request for reconsideration” under 37 CFR § 1.705(b).
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Will Wagner |Madeline Orlando |Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff |Tammana Malik
On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a pair of bills (A.B. 1008 and S.B. 1223) that amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) by adding a “consumer’s neural data” to the definition of “sensitive personal information” and specifying that “personal information” can exist in various formats, such as “abstract digital” formats.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that its “After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0” (“AFCP 2.0”) will come to an end on December 14, 2024. First rolled out in 2013[CB1] , the program was part of USPTO efforts to reduce the need for Requests For Continued Examination (RCE) by providing an opportunity to obtain consideration of narrowing claim amendments after a “final” Office Action, possibly resulting in allowance and grant of a patent.
