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Researchers See Patent Quality in Rising Citation Counts
Joff Wild, a journalist and blogger for Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, makes some interesting observations about a new study that claims that the quality of patents issued by the USPTO is rising. The research found, among other things, significant growth … Continue reading
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Early U.S. Patents Recovered
The USPTO has recently added to its patent database approximately 500 patents issued from 1790-1836 that were lost for 175 years. These documents were among the approximately 10,000 patents destroyed when the Patent Office, which was located in Blodgett’s Hotel … Continue reading
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New Series Codes for Utility/Plant and Provisional Applications
According to the USPTO website, there are new series codes for utility/plant and provisional application serial numbers. The new codes are “12” for utility/plant applications and “61” for provisional applications. The first applications of 2008 were 12/5,841 and 61/9,389, so … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Counts, Q1 2008
The USPTO published a record-breaking 77,962 patent applications (A docs) in Q1, an 11 percent increase over the same quarter last year. This was a strong rebound from the 73,450 A docs published in Q4 2007. Approximately 1.7 million plant … Continue reading
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USPTO Class Order 1876 – Class 73: Measuring and Testing
The USPTO has published Classification Order #1876 affecting Class 73, Measuring and Testing. This is the generic class for processes and apparatus for making measurements or tests of any kind. New mainline headings in the class include: 112.01 Turbine engine113.01 … Continue reading
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Public PAIR Verification System
The USPTO has implemented a new verification system for users accessing Public PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval). Users must now enter a two-word verification code in order to access the system. The system is meant to block bots and spiders. … Continue reading
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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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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
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New USPC Classification Orders
The USPTO has recently issued several new classification orders affecting Classes 375 (Pulse or Digital Communications), 386 (Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproduction) and 525 (Synthetic Resins or Rubbers).
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Peer-to-Patent Program
Nice article explaining the goals and expectations of the new pilot patent peer review program sponsored by the USPTO and New York Law School. Peer-to-patent pilot steers toward change
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Patent Librarian's Notebook 