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| Teleflex v KSR |
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/04-1350.htm http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2006/10/ksr_v_teleflex_.html |
The major patent case of this decade on the issue of the proper standard for "obviousness" determinations is to be decided this term |
| Patent filing fees split into component parts, such as base filing fee, search fee, examination fee, and publication fee, | http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee2006may15.htm | Current fees went into effect May 15, 2006 |
| Electronic Patent Filing is Here and Now Uses PDF, making Filing Much Easier | http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs/index.html | This is a major improvement, which should simplify electronic patent filing and make it more widely used. Long gone is the horrendous PASAT xml authoring tool that made e-filing patents frustrating. |
| PTO Announces new Reexam policy - will only reexamine requested claims | http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/opla/preognotice/reex_cls_requested.pdf | For defense attorneys, you can now attack a patent piecemeal, claim by claim using prior decisions to fine tune your arguments for each subsequent filing. |
| CAFC attempts to preempt Supreme Court on obviousness | http://fedcir.gov/opinions/06-1088.pdf | The Dystar case, where Judge Michel goes to great length to explain that the CAFC "suggestion to combine" rule can be met by implication as well as specific teaching |
| CAFC holds that Government sponsored overseas infringement of method is not a 5th amendment taking | Zolteck v US | This seems a major injustice and unfair decision and is now under review by the US Supreme Court. We expect it to be reversed. |
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| The "Official Gazette" is now only published online (“eOG:P”) or on CD | http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/index.html | Both trademark and patent OG are now exclusively distributed online |
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Electronic Processing of Patent Applications updated to accept PDF, reversing 10 years of resistance to proprietary document types
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http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs/index.html | This is a major improvement, which should simplify electronic patent filing and make it more widely used. Long gone is the horrendous PASAT xml authoring tool that made e-filing patents frustrating. |
PTO publishes guides on how to file Patent Applications
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