The USPTO’s new PIER Pilot Program requires applicants in selected PCT national stage applications to affirmatively decide whether to proceed ...

“The PTAB remains a patent death squad for those patent owners who are unlucky enough to be trapped in instituted proceedings from the old regime. The statistics prove it.” It is not news to anyone in ...

Executive Summary - On April 30, 2026, USPTO Director John A. Squires issued updated guidance (superseding the December 4, 2025 Director’s ...

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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.

The USPTO is going through a significant digital transformation. With the Office seemingly updating its procedures as rapidly as the latest AI model, it's important to track what this means for IP ...

With a backlog of nearly 774,000 unexamined applications, the office is looking for a custom tool to boost efficiency and ...

Jonathan Bowser of Haynes Boone discusses the USPTO's new "Pre-Order Procedure" for ex parte reexaminations, and its controversial waiver of rules that previously limited patent owner participation.

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Nutifood has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its proprietary FDI Formul ...

The right to own what you invent is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. One question among many for the U.S. patent system right now is how — and how quickly — that right evolves in the age of AI.