Petition to Make Special An application may be made special upon filing a petition including any evidence showing that at least one named inventor is 65 years of age, or more, such as the inventor’s statement or a statement from a registered practitioner that evidences that the inventor is 65 years of age or older.…
The USPTO may charge more fees as early as January 2024 for non-DOCX format patent applications. DOCX format patent applications would serve to modernize and streamline patent application systems of the USPTO which now offers applicants the ability to file patent application documents in DOCX format through EFS-Web and Patent Center. Use of any other…
The “Maximum Qualifying Gross Income” for purposes of paying any eligible fee at the micro entity discount is currently $223,740 in the year 2023. If you meet the micro entity requirements, you are eligible for a little more than 80% reduction from most undiscounted fees. The “micro entity” status was first introduced on March 19,…
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seems to have transitioned to mandatory telework with an unprecedented number of employees accessing agency IT systems from home. The agency discloses that, on average, over 13,000 secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections to the headquarters campus occur every day, which is a 75% increase over the…