I downloaded an Office Action via TDR earlier today, saved it to my server, and went to email it to a client. Only then did I realize the Action (60 pages long with 55+ pages of color website printouts) was 22MB in size. Ouch.
In that many email servers bounce any attachments bigger than 5MB, I [...]
Tag Archive: USPTO
How to reduce a Trademark Office TDR file’s size
Patent Reexamination Numbers and PatFT, part II
In a previous post, I asked:
The USPTO PatFT page for Patent Number Search lists three examples for reexamination patent numbering:
Re-examination — RX29,194 RE29183 RE00125
However, if you type in those three “example” numbers into the search box, you get a “PN/RX29,194: 0 patents” error and two reissue patents. It is odd [...]
Trademark Resources
Some trademark sites I bookmarked via Delicious.com that my readers may find of note:
INTA TTAB Basics E-Course
“Trademark tips for your web app” article I wrote for Think Vitamin
Domain Name Portal – Main–Gowlings web page devoted to domain name and trademark tools.
USPTO :: Trademark Office Law Office Contact info
SSJR.com’s Trademark Maintenance Deadline Generator
EFF: Bloggers’ FAQ: Intellectual [...]
Searching by reexamination number
The USPTO PatFT page for Patent Number Search lists three examples for reexamination patent numbering:
Re-examination — RX29,194 RE29183 RE00125
However, if you type in those three “example” numbers into the search box, you get a “PN/RX29,194: 0 patents” error and two reissue patents. It is odd that the USPTO examples [...]
Does the USPTO have a looming cash crunch?
We all know that allowance rates are down, way down.
Matt Buchanan, after analyzing weekly USPTO utility patent grants, states that decreasing allowance rates:
…will have both an immediate and a delayed impact on Office income – Twenty thousand fewer issues fees have been paid so far this year as compared to 2006. If all [...]
What is the Current USPTO Allowance Rate?
According to this post, the current USPTO allowance rate is around 44%. Ouch.
Examiners citing provisional patent applications as prior art
One additional benefit/drawback of the Image File Wrapper system (which allows the public access to the file wrappers of pending patent applications) is §102(e) rejections based on published provisional patent applications. Of course, for there to be a “published provisional patent application” a non-provisional patent application must have been filed claiming priority from the provisional…
Which [...]
