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2026-01-06

Notice of Reprimand

USPTO

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

Ensuring Balance in Examination: Update to Patent Prosecution Highway acceleration

USPTO

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

Developer Hub Patent Trial and Appeal Board data officially decommissioned

USPTO

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).

2026-01-05

The ID5 Offices have published another valuable resource on their e-learning platform: the “Comparative overview of practices chart”.

Others

2026-01-05

PPH pilot program between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Department of Intellectual Property in Thailand (DIP)

JPO

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Department of Intellectual Property in Thailand (DIP) have been implementing the PPH pilot program since January 1, 2014. The JPO and the DIP have agreed to extend the program for additional two years from January 1, 2026.

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Bloomberg Law

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MediaPost

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IPWatchdog.com

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Maxell Patent Suit Against Coretronic Should Proceed, Judge Says

Bloomberg Law News

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