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 […]

USPTO Petition Data for July 2023 – Frequently Filed Petitions in the Office of Petitions Petition Type Avg Days Pending of Decided Petitions in the Past 12 Months Grant Rate Percent of Total Petitions Decided in the Past 12 Months To Make Entity Status Large from Small 125 81% To […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced: a decrease from $1,277 to $1,167 in PCT fees for designating the Japan Patent Office (JPO) as the International Search Authority (ISA) for an international search; the introduction of a new Patents Petitions webpage […]

By:  Mehdi Sheikerz, Partner The USPTO has implemented a new pilot program, starting from February 1, 2022 and ending on July 30, 2022, to evaluate the effect of permitting applicants to defer responding to subject matter eligibility (SME) rejections in certain patent applications. The Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response (DSMER) […]