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By Melissa M. Mitchell
As of May 13, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has accelerated the time between issue notification and issue date to approximately 2 weeks from a previous average of 3 weeks. The USPTO states that expedited issuance has been made possible through elimination of administrative redundancies and by the electronic grant (eGrant) system. […]
By Kirk M. Hartung
The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) was founded in 1973 in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It has inducted more than 600 inventors who have created great technological innovations which have benefited all phases of life. NIHF honors the past with stories of ingenuity and invention and invests in future […]
By Charles P. Romano, Ph.D.
When the first inventor to file (FITF) provision of the America Invents Act AIA became effective in 2013, US patent law was only in part harmonized with patent law in most other Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) countries. One important difference between the US and many other PCT countries is that US patent examination fees are due […]
By Jill N. Link, Pharm.D.
We previously provided an overview of the Unitary Patent as an option to replace the national validation process of a granted Europe patent for participating member states, as well as some commentary on the utilization of the Unitary Patent since its June 1, 2023 inception. In this post, the role of the Unified Patent Court […]
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