2026-01-06
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office and the Israel Intellectual Property Office (ILPO) announced the official launch of the Taiwan-Israel Patent Prosecution Highway Project (TIPO-ILPO PPH MOTTAINAI) on January 2, 2026. This project will significantly accelerate the patent examination process between Taiwan and Israel, improve application efficiency, and promote international protection of innovative technologies.
2026-01-06
This notice concerns Mr. Prakash Nama of Bethesda, Maryland, who is a registered patent attorney (Registration Number 44,255). The USPTO Director has reprimanded Mr. Nama for violating 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.116(c) (withdrawal from representation) and 11.804(d) (conduct prejudicial to the integrity of the USPTO patent application process). The violations are predicated on Mr. Nama's failure to timely withdraw from 86 pending patent applications in which he was the attorney of record.
2026-01-06
The USPTO has implemented an adjustment to the docketing of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) applications with a granted petition so that PPH first action pendency in a particular technology is approximately half the time of non-PPH applications.
2026-01-06
Effective today, January 6, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) data is no longer in the Developer Hub and is now part of the Open Data Portal (ODP).
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