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McDermott Will & Emery

Patent Thicket Avoidance: PTO Proposes Changes to Terminal Disclaimer Practice

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On May 10, 2024, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (Notice) concerning major changes to the terminal disclaimer (TD) practice, which may lead to a sea change in patent prosecution...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

IP Hot Topic: USPTO Publishes Long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with Updates to PTAB Practice and Procedure

On April 19, 2024, the USPTO published a long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that followed its April 2023 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). The proposed rules package, Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more

Sunstein LLP

January 2019 IP Update - New Guidelines Proposed for Functional Claiming in Computer-Related Inventions

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In a second notice of proposed rulemaking (besides the one for patent eligibility) announced January 4, 2019 and published in the Federal Register on January 7, 2019, the Patent and Trademark Office has proposed guidelines...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Proposes Harmonizing Claim Construction Standard In PTAB Proceedings

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice of proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register (83 Fed. Reg. 21221) today, May 9, 2018, which would provide a change to the claim construction standard used in Inter...more

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