Category Archives: USPTO Practice and Policy

PTO Proposes Simplified Appeal Process – Compared to What?

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Warren Woessner

  On November 15th, Director Kappos published 21 pages of proposed rulemaking entitled “Rules of Practice Before the [BPAI] in Ex parte Appeals.” 75 Fed. Reg. 69828 (Nov. 15, 2010). (A copy is available at the end of this post.) … Continue reading →

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Director Kappos “Chats” About PTO S.W.O.T.

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Warren Woessner

Wednesday noon at the AIPLA 2010 Annual Meeting, USPTO Director David Kappos engaged in a “fireside chat” (actually podium-side chat) with AIPLA Executive Director and former PTO Director Q. Todd Dickinson about the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats that he has … Continue reading →

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USPTO Proposes Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On Monday, the PTO requested comments on the use of the IP system to incentivize humanitarian technologies and licensing to benefit “impoverished population[s].” A grab-bag of concepts and ideas was set forth, with perhaps the most concrete (and marginally useful) … Continue reading →

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Defining the Abstract and Conceptual – USPTO Issues “Guidance” Post-Bilski

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Warren Woessner

Before I write another word, I want to recognize and applaud the intellectual and logistical effort it must have taken for Director Kappos and his helpers to put together six pages of “Interim Guidance For Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for … Continue reading →

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