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USPTO Director Announces President Obama’s FY 2011 Budget Request for the USPTO

February 1, 2010

In a press release today, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) David Kappos today announced President Obama’s $2.322 billion fiscal year 2011 (FY 2011) budget request for the USPTO.
The president’s budget request for FY 2011 will support a five-year plan designed to enable [...]

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USPTO To Accelerate Examination of Green Tech Patents

December 7, 2009

Inventors Digest is reporting here that the USPTO is launching a pilot program (“Green Tech”) which will permit patent applications pertaining to environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable energy resources, and greenhouse gas emission reduction to be accorded special status and be examined on an accelerated basis. The program is designed to accelerate the development [...]

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USPTO Director Kappos Discusses New Blog

November 10, 2009

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) David Kappos today launched a blog to foster a direct dialogue with the USPTO’s stakeholders and the general public.
“It’s important for me to be able to hear directly from the IP community, and that is why we [...]

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USPTO Director Announces New Initiative To Accelerate The Patent Process For Independent Inventors

November 9, 2009

On November 5, 2009, USPTO Director David Kappos delivered the keynote address at the 14th Annual Independent Inventors Conference held at USPTO’s headquarters in Alexandria, Va.
During the address, Director Kappos announced a new initiative that is specifically designed to accelerate the patent process for independent inventors.  He called it a “backlog reduction pilot project” that [...]

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USPTO Rescinds Controversial Patent Regulations Package

October 8, 2009

Agency Files Joint Motion with Plaintiff GlaxoSmithKline to Dismiss Lawsuit Related to Proposed Claims and Continuation Rules
Today, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos signed a new Final Rule rescinding highly controversial regulations, proposed by the previous administration, that patent applicants felt unduly restricted their capacity to protect intellectual property.  The regulations, which [...]

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New USPTO Director Encourages The Use of Interviews To Expedite Patent and Trademark Prosecution

September 15, 2009

In a recent “Director’s Blog” post to USPTO employees, David Kappos outlined the benefits of personal interviews to expedite the prosecution of patent and trademark applications.  Reproduced below is the post:
The practice of conducting interviews with patent and trademark applicants has been around a long time.  At times interviews are clearly productive.  At other times, [...]

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USPTO Announces Senior Management Changes

September 3, 2009

Commissioner for Patents John Doll to Retire; Robert L. Stoll Nominated as Successor; Margaret Focarino Named Deputy Commissioner
The USPTO today announced significant changes among the senior management team of its Patent organization.  After 35 years at the USPTO, Commissioner for Patents John Doll has announced his intention to retire from the agency on October 2. [...]

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USPTO News: Joint Union and Management Task Force Begins Work of Addressing the Patent Examiner Count System

August 31, 2009

On Tuesday, August 25, a USPTO task force comprised of four members from the Patent Office Professional Association (POPA) and four from Patents Management met to begin work on re-engineering the patent examiner count system.  The day-long session was kicked off by USPTO Director David Kappos who emphasized the importance of their work, stating, “Creating [...]

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Summary of the Kappos Confirmation Hearing

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The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary conducted a nomination hearing on July 29, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:14 a.m. for David J. Kappos to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Beverly Baldwin Martin (to be United States Circuit Judge for the [...]

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Parties in Tafas Litigation Jointly Seek Stay Until 60 Days after Kappos Is Confirmed As Director

July 27, 2009

The plaintiffs and the government in the litigation challenging the PTO continuation and claim rules have jointly asked the Federal Circuit for a stay of en banc proceedings until 60 days after David Kappos is confirmed as the new PTO Director.  Tafas v. Doll, Fed. Cir., No. 2008-1352, motion filed 7/24/09.
In the “Joint Consent Motion For [...]

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