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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
The USPTO today sent out an announcement about its new Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) form SB/08a, the form an applicant uses to inform the USPTO about prior publications that are…
Yesterday, the Israel PTO sent out a notice that, in translation, reads as follows: “After several years of successful cooperation with the company Similari in the area of prior art…
Revised June 6 The Israel PTO announced yesterday that applicants who file applications in Israel that claim priority from a provisional patent application may on that basis request expedited examination…
When the Israel PTO moved to electronic filing in June 2016, no one had thought about the importance of providing the filer with confirmation that a filing had been made…
Once upon a time, the Israel PTO let patent applicants request suspension of examination at almost any point in time during the examination process, and it didn’t cost anything. You…
As a follow-up to my post of a few weeks ago about the examiner who asserted that an amendment we filed was non-compliant because he found it difficult to read…
So we filed a preliminary amendment in a US national phase application in early 2022, as a pdf made from an MS Word file that had the changes tracked –…
According to an email announcement in Hebrew sent earlier this month and for which a reminder was sent today, on January 30, the Israel PTO will be holding a video…
Last week, the USPTO's computer systems crashed. Not just on the patent side, but also the trademark side Sometimes you could get in, sometimes you couldn't…eventually I found myself completely…
I could write about the USPTO colossal electronic system screw-up this week…but that will wait for a later blog post. Today we’re going to discuss the ILPTO EFS, particularly its…
I’m Dan Feigelson. I’ve been practicing patent law for over 30 years. I’m also opinionated, as you may discover in reading my writings here.
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