Global IP Information

2025-11-19

The USPTO released a sample PDF of the Automated Search Results Notice (ASRN) that participants in this pilot will receive.

USPTO

2025-11-17

USPTO announces voluntary Search Disclosure Declaration as a favorable institution factor for AIA proceedings

USPTO

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced in a memorandum an optional practice that allows petitioners in inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings to submit information describing how asserted prior art was identified. This initiative is entirely voluntary and designed to strengthen examination quality by improving the USPTO’s ability to locate relevant prior art earlier in the process.

2025-11-14

Participating Offices Paraguay

WIPO

The National Directorate of Intellectual Property (DINAPI) notified the International Bureau in accordance with paragraphs 10 and 12 of the Framework Provisions that it would commence operation as an accessing office of the WIPO Digital Access Service with effect from December 10, 2025.

2025-11-12

World Intellectual Property Indicators: Global Patent and Design Filings Reach New Records in 2024, Trademarks Flat

WIPO

Innovators and designers filed record-setting levels of applications for the intellectual property rights that protect their work in 2024, while demand for the trademarks that promote brands stabilized, according to WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report.

2025-11-10

PO launches new tools on fee support measures

EPO

To make the patent system more accessible to applicants, especially those who are smaller or new to the system, a new Fee Assistant makes it clearer what fees will be due at the first stages of the patent granting process at the European Patent Office (EPO). This tool also reminds applicants which fee reductions they may be eligible for. Meanwhile, the fee support scheme insights reveal how much money applicants are already saving as result of the EPO’s fee reduction schemes.

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