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2011: Public Law 112-29 (America Invents Act) – Establishes USPTO's authority to set most patent and trademark fees such that aggregate revenue from the fee schedule recovers aggregate costs. Establishes additional small entity fees and new micro entity fees. Design patents and plant patents are not subject to maintenance fees at all.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia, after a 2005 move from the Crystal City area of neighboring Arlington, Virginia .
Introduced in the Senate as "America Invents Act" ( S. 23) by Patrick Leahy ( D – VT) on January 25, 2011. Committee consideration by Judiciary Committee. Passed the Senate on March 8, 2011 ( 95–5) Passed the House on June 23, 2011 ( 304-117) with amendment. Senate agreed to House amendment on September 8, 2011 ( 89-9)
The small entity status allows small businesses, independent inventors, nonprofit organizations to file a patent application and maintain an issued patent for a reduced fee—a 60% reduction. [1] Under 13 C.F.R. § 121.802 (a), an entity qualifies as a "small business concern", and so qualifies for small entity status, if its number of ...
Before June 2004, the USPTO registration exam was a pencil-and-paper test given at approximately 15 locations around the country. The USPTO has moved to a computer-based examination which can be taken on any business day at any of several hundred Prometric locations around the country. A sample computerized exam is available to provide a feel ...
The first version of the MPEP was published in 1920 by the Patent and Trademark Office Society. [1] The MPEP is used extensively by patent attorneys, agents, and examiners to help make sure the proper USPTO regulations are followed. The USPTO registration examination tests knowledge of the MPEP and the underlying laws and regulations.
Continuing patent application. Under United States patent law, a continuing patent application is a patent application that follows, and claims priority to, an earlier-filed patent application. A continuing patent application may be one of three types: a continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part.
United States patent law. Under United States patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. or international ( PCT) application to which priority is claimed (excluding provisional applications). [1] [2] [3]