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Revolutionizing the Patent Landscape: Navigating the USPTO’s Bold Fee Overhaul for 2025

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed significant changes to patent fee structures for the 2025 fiscal year. These proposed changes mark a pivotal shift in the Office’s financial approach toward...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

“Words Matter” Trend Continues, Applying to Design Patent’s Prosecution Prior Art

On October 4, in In re: SurgiSil, the Federal Circuit continued its trend of using the language of a design patent to limit the design. Unlike past cases, however, language in SurgiSil was used to limit the effectiveness of a...more

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