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New Classification Orders, #1867-1874
The USPTO has issued eight new classifications orders since Oct. 1, 2007, an unusually large number for a three-month period. Classes affected include: 711 – Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory714 – Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery715 – Data … Continue reading
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Chinese Patent Databases, EPC 2000, etc.
The December issue of Patent Information News has several interesting and useful articles on free patent databases from China; the impact of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) on patent information searchers; and patent information from Asia.
Posted in EPO, Patent Information News
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USPTO Discontinues Another Paper Publication
According to a notice published in the Federal Register, the USPTO is discontinuing the paper version of its Patent and Trademark Office Notices effective December 25, 2007. The Notices, which are also published in the weekly Official Gazette, include announcements … Continue reading
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Wikipedia References in Issued Patents
Back in September 2006 the USPTO banned patent examiners from using Wikipedia as a source of prior art information, citing its unreliability and lack of authority. Well, this apparently hasn’t stopped examiners or inventors from citing the popular online encyclopedia … Continue reading
Posted in in, Prior art, Wikipedia
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U.S. Patent and PGPub Year-End Review
2007 was a bit of a mixed bag for U.S. patents and published applications. In Q4 the USPTO published 73,450 applications, the lowest number in more than a year and a 3 percent drop from the same quarter in 2006. … Continue reading
Posted in Patent statistics, USPTO
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Canadians Too Lazy to Invent?
A recent op-ed in the Globe and Mail (Dec. 27) uses patent statistics to make the case that Canada, in general, and the province of Alberta, specifically, needs to focus more on math, science and the creative arts in schools … Continue reading
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E-Documents as Prior Art
Wynn Coggins, director for the USPTO’s Group 3620 (Electronic Commerce), has written an article called “When is an Electronic Document a Printed Publication for Prior Art Purposes?
Posted in electronic documents, Prior art
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New Report: Patents per 100K Workers, 2001-2006
The State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI), a nonprofit organization that supports economic development through science, technology and innovation, has released a new report showing the ranking in number of patents issued per 100,000 workers for U.S. states and the … Continue reading
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EPO Survey: esp@cenet Exporting Function
The EPO is conducting a survey on a proposed improvement to esp@cenet scheduled for 2008. Specifically, they’re asking for feedback on the usefulness of exporting data in CSV or XML formats. Currently, the only patent office database (that I’m aware … Continue reading
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Dutch Six-Year Patent Will End in 2008
The Netherlands Patent Office has announced that it will phase out its six-year patent (C1 document) in 2008. The six-year patent is a weaker form of patent protection than the standard 20-year patent. An application for a six-year patent is … Continue reading
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Patent Librarian's Notebook 