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Determining Entity Status Before the United States and Patent Trademark Office: Large, Small, or Micro?

At the time of filing any patent application with the United States and Patent Trademark Office (USPTO), patent applicants must designate their entity status. Selecting the correct entity status can ...
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New USPTO Fee Schedule Reduces Costs for PCT Patent Filings and Small and Micro Entities

The enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 includes the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA), directed toward increasing innovation of small businesses and inventors in ...
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Are USPTO Entity Status Changes Affecting Your Company?

For business owners, decision makers, and the attorneys who represent them, perhaps 2022 brought great change. Did your or your client's company expand, downsize or restructure? Did your client, an ...
Law

A Practitioner's Perspective: USPTO's Track 1 Prioritized Patent Examination Process

For originally filed applications, you cannot hedge your bets and wait to see the predicted time to first action after filing (which is provided by the USPTO on their website after pre-processing and ...