Tag: fee setting
Moving The USPTO From Red To Black
IBM is famous for obtaining a lot of patents. Year after year, they’re the top recipient of U.S. patents (or, once in a while, in second place when you account for related entities.)
But th...
New Federal Circuit Appeal Claims PTAB Unconstitutional Because Of Fee Funding—But Ignores The Patent Examination Process
In a recently filed brief in the Federal Circuit case New Vision Gaming v. SG Gaming, the appellant argues that the PTAB is unconstitutional because the fees charged for the proceeding create a bias t...
COVID-19’s Impacts on the USPTO’s Budget
It’s been reported that COVID-19 has had significant impacts on patent applicant filing behaviors. For example, one report shows that patent applications are now being abandoned at almost twic...
Markup Of New SUCCESS Act Should Keep In Mind Recent Problems At PTO
Today, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to markup Rep. Chabot’s newly-introduced SUCCESS Act, which is itself a combination of portions of two other bills Patent Progress has covered: Rep...