“Six months [to launch] could be conceivable, if Director Vidal orders a recommitment to quality first, not the objective-backwards approach of the last few months.” The U.S. Patent and Trademark ...

“It is embarrassing that the repository for innovation in America can’t figure out basic software and is making the conscious choice to plow forward despite the fact that Patent Center is not ready.” ...

Two weeks have gone by since the USPTO retired its patent filing and management systems and transitioned fully to Patent Center. Patent Center, which is used for filing and managing patent ...

Lawyers say the USPTO’s Patent Center is a great tool, but that fully transitioning to it could place an administrative burden on firms Counsel speak highly of the USPTO’s patent filing system but are ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the retirement of its Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) and the launch of ...

On August 27, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office quietly announced that it would be deprecating its current Patent Assignment Search and Assignments on the Web assignment search portals and ...

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-GA, expressed deep concern about the decline in patent examiner morale and urged USPTO to reinstate their collective bargaining agreement at a D.C. event. U.S. Rep. Hank ...

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In today’s evolving patent landscape, understanding obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) is critical to securing and maintaining strong intellectual property rights. The Federal Circuit’s evolving ...