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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will conduct a free virtual training session titled "Path to a Patent, Part IV: Learn how to draft a patent application" on June 25, 2026. This session is part of an eight-part series designed to guide inventors and applicants through the patenting process, from in…
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has established a Sequence Listing Help Desk within its Scientific and Technical Information Center Library to assist applicants, practitioners, and the public with sequence listing requirements in patent filings. Staffed by experts in molecular biology and patent…
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will hold a free virtual training event titled "Path to a Patent, Part II: Drafting provisional patent applications" on June 11, 2026. This session is the second installment in an eight-part series designed to educate participants on the patenting process, from int…
Following the April 3, 2025 Federal Circuit ruling in In re Forest, which clarified that provisional rights under 35 U.S.C. § 154(d) apply only when a patent issues with enforceable exclusionary rights, the USPTO has initiated a new procedural step. The Office is identifying pending patent applications that, if grante…
ReElement Technologies, supported by American Resources Corporation and Royalty Management Holding Corp., has submitted five new patent applications enhancing U.S. capabilities to refine critical minerals including germanium, antimony, terbium, gallium, gadolinium, and yttrium. These innovations leverage advanced chro…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released detailed guidance in February 2024 addressing inventorship in AI-assisted inventions, emphasizing that only natural persons can be inventors. The guidance outlines criteria for significant human contribution when AI tools are used, aligning with Federal Circuit pre…
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