US Patent Office will Prioritize Patent Application Examination for Covid-19 Inventions A frequent complaint I hear from my clients is why does the Patent Office take so long to examine my patent application? The patent office puts all patent applications into a queue for examination. There is a separate queue for each technology. The Patent […]
Patent Office Extends Deadlines to June 1, 2020 Our last post explained how the US Patent and Trademark Office allowed people a waiver of certain deadlines” for due dates between March 27, 2020, and April 30, 2020. Now they have even further extended this time period. saying today that all Patent and Trademark due dates […]
The Covid pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives. The Federal Government has recognized this and determined that the emergency has prejudiced the rights of Patent and Trademark applicants. In an unprecedented action, the Patent Office declared that “a person who is unable to meet patent-related timing deadlines due to the COVID-19 outbreak may […]