Yi Yu and Elliot Cook of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP discuss considerations relating to ...

Ex parte reexamination (EPRx) is a powerful tool that allows any party — including the patent owner — to request that the United States Patent ...

The low registration rate is largely due to the challenges surrounding the high level of scrutiny required during the examination process for patents. Uganda registered only one patent in 2024 ...

The United States patent system underwent a significant change with the enactment of the First-Inventor-to-File (FITF) provision of the ...

With the USPTO facing a near-record backlog and patent applicants collectively losing tens of millions annually due to abandoned applications, inefficiencies in the process are costing both ...

Qiu of Liu, Shen & Associates analyses two recent CNIPA decisions that provide insights into the application of the good ...