…Ronald K. Noble, the Secretary General of Interpol has previously voiced concern that intellectual property crime “is becoming the preferred method of funding for a number of terrorist groups” including Al-Queda and Hezbollah…
IP Theft Funding Organized Crime and Terrorism by Chris Guinn, at Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley.
A. Special Mail Stops for Patent Mail. Print it out for your secretary.
B. Establishment of Mail Stop Post Issue; Revision and Deletion of Certain Mail Stops [PDF]
…Effective immediately, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has established a new mail stop, Mail Stop Post Issue, and several [...]
We have a new receptionist and we have all be giving her tidbits of patent practice wisdom as we think of them. Earlier I told her that if the question is “Does the Patent Office charge a fee for this?” the answer is almost always “Yes.” My secretary then made the point that [...]
Official Gazette Notices for 27 April 2004 Usual sections/notices plus: “Notice of Pilot Program to Permit Pre-First Office Action Interview for Applications Assigned to Art Units 3624 and 3628 and Request for Comments on Pilot Program.”
What is a provisional patent application (hereinafter “PPAâ€)?
As a result of GATT, the U.S. Patent System added this new form of application in 1995. A PPA is basically a temporary (provisional) patent application that goes irretrievably abandoned one year from the date of filing. If the applicant wishes to keep the priority date of the [...]
The IPO has published its list (in PDF format) of the top 300 U.S. patent owners for 2003. The top ten are:
1. IBM (3415 patents)
2. Hitachi
3. Vanon
4. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
5. Hewlett-Packard
6. Micron Technology (way to go, Idaho!!)
7. Intel
8. General Electric
9. Fujitsu
10. Siemens
Additionally, it looks like there may be more rocket scientists in the [...]
Notice that Lengthy Tables will be Published Differently in Patents, Statutory Invention Registrations and Patent Application Publications And Notice of Pilot Program With Respect to Lengthy Tables [pdf]
USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and Cease Supplying Paper Copies [pdf]
USPTO Notice re: Establishment of New Mail Stop L&R (applications subject to a secrecy order, or are national security classified); FAX Number for Requests for Expedited Foreign Filing License [PDF]
Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to MPEP 724.02 [PDF]
Five page memo. Essentially…if it is a trade secret or confidential, follow MPEP 724.02 or it will be scanned like everything else…
