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2025-12-17
The revised "Guidelines for Deferring Substantive Examination of Invention and Design Patent Applications" will be announced by TiPO and will take effect on January 1, 2026.
TIPO
2025-12-15
January 1, 2026 Changes to PCT Fees
USPTO
The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has informed the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that due to changes in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with regard to the Swiss franc, the dollar amounts of the following fees for international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office will be changed and will go into effect January 1, 2026.
2025-12-12
Update to ex parte reexam transmittal form
USPTO
The "Request for Ex Parte Reexamination Transmittal Form" has been updated to provide greater clarity about the required fields of information. Registered practitioners who represent anonymous third-party requesters were incorrectly entering their own name and address on the old SB/57 form. The new SB/57 form corrects this issue by providing a new check box to designate when a request is being filed on behalf of an anonymous third-party requester.
2025-12-12
PCT Guide Updates
WIPO
2025-12-12
PTAB issues updates to the Trial Practice Guide
USPTO
Today, the PTAB issued updates to the Trial Practice Guide to indicate that the Board will hold a pre-hearing conference fifteen days prior to an AIA oral hearing in cases instituted under the process implemented on October 17, 2025. Parties in other cases may request a pre-hearing conference by emailing Trials@uspto.gov.
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