The USPTO has announced a new Artificial Intelligence Search Automated Pilot (ASAP!) Program beginning October 20, 2025 to test the USPTO’s internal artificial intelligence tool’s efficacy to conduct pre-examination prior art searches. There will be a limited number of patent applications which the USPTO will initially accept into the ASAP! […]

The USPTO announced on September 30, 2024 termination of the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) 2.0 Program on December 15, 2024.  The last day to file an AFCP 2.0 request is December 14, 2024. The AFCP 2.0 Program was set to expire on September 30, 2024, so the USPTO provided […]

The USPTO has announced a new Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program to encourage research, development, and innovation in semiconductor manufacturing. The Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program began accepting applications on December 1, 2023 and will continue through December 2, 2024. According to the USPTO, the Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program supports the CHIPS […]

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Since about the year 2010, our firm has maintained duplicative paper and electronic “official” files for each of our client’s matters.  Effective January 1, 2020, our firm discontinued maintenance and use of our “official” paper client files, and instead relies only on our electronic official client files.  This change in […]