The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on Wednesday that patent-related fees will be raised starting January 19, 2025 to offset forecasted increases in operating cost. While ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rule substantially adjusting patent fees. The new fee structure will take effect on January 19, 2025. In addition to a general ...

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“A number of the proposed fee increases in the USPTO’s April 2024 NPRM likely would not have passed scrutiny under Loper Bright, so we appreciate the USPTO’s compromise approach.” – Sherry Knowles The ...

It’s the start of the new year and no one can say for sure what it will bring – including intellectual property professionals. But attorneys have some predictions and insight on what they’re looking ...

“Since it is the practice of some large companies to abandon applications or issued patents – sometimes in large numbers – before the first maintenance fee comes due, under the current fee schedule, ...

In a move that goes against the norm of service and government fees increasing steadily each year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has made several fee decreases introduced as part of the ...

In January the DOD opened a pilot program providing no-fee commercial evaluation licenses for dozens of patents from military laboratories, including from AFRL at Wright-Patterson.