U.S. Patent Number 8,205,818 – Strap Winder Every Tuesday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office publishes newly granted patents. This blog post is part of a weekly series in which I pick an interesting new patent that has Idaho connections and briefly describe it. Inventors: Joseph Paul Gonzales (Chubbuck, ID), Donna L. Gonzales (Chubbuck,… Continue reading Featured Idaho Patent: Strap Winder
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How to Accelerate Examination of your Patent Application
The United States Patent Office prioritizes certain application types. The USPTO’s priorities are manifest in its “Petition to Make Special” program, which will be described in this post. The Petition to Make Special is a program that allows patent applicants to get special status and skip ahead of other applications waiting in line–the result being… Continue reading How to Accelerate Examination of your Patent Application
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Backlog Prediction Model
A couple of years ago, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released its Patent Pendency Model (PPM) Simulation Tool, a spreadsheet that outputs the predicted total number of unexamined patent applications in inventory at the end of each fiscal year and the predicted ratio of first actions compared to filings (a number which shows if/how… Continue reading The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Backlog Prediction Model
Accelerated Examination for Green Technology Patents
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Green Technology Pilot Program allows patent applicants to petition for accelerated examination if their patent application deals with “environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable energy, or greenhouse gas emission reduction.” The USPTO recently announced that under this pilot program, it has now allowed 500 patents. According to the… Continue reading Accelerated Examination for Green Technology Patents
USPTO August 2011 Patent Examination Performance Overview
The USPTO has released its performance “Patent Dashboard” for the month of August, 2011. The dashboard is a webpage showing numerous metrics related to the PTO’s patent application backlog, pendency rates, quality scores, and other data. The dashboard is a measuring stick for the USPTO’s patent quality measurement procedures (how the USPTO started measuring its… Continue reading USPTO August 2011 Patent Examination Performance Overview