Category Archives: Patent Reform Legislation

Detroit PTO Gets Into Gear

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Warren Woessner

From Gary Speier (SLW Shareholder) The AIA authorizes the USPTO Director to establish three satellite offices within three years, the first of which is to be located in Detroit, Michigan.  The USPTO website indicates that hiring of patent examiners and … Continue reading →

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New Standard in Effect for Granting Inter Partes Reexaminations

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Warren Woessner

USPTO ISSUING NEW RULES CONCERNING INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION — On September 16, after the President signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act into law, the USPTO announced new rules governing the provisions of the Act relating to Inter Partes Reexamination that … Continue reading →

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USPTO Releases “Official” Effective Dates for AIA Provisions

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Warren Woessner

The below link provides a useful chart that lists the provisions that take effect in order, and groups together provisions that take effect on the same date. AIA Effective Dates

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Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover And Nine Ways To Attack Patents

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Warren Woessner

As a “quick guide” to the Patent Reform Bill, H.R. 1249, that will soon become law, these are the sections of the Act and of the present statute that will all be, or remain effective, upon enactment, to facilitate blocking … Continue reading →

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