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Spicy IP
[Part II] AI in the Patent Office: When Human Oversight Fails, Who Is Accountable?
Image from here In Part I of the post, I discussed the contents of the Guidelines and how using AI may cognitively affect the officers while examining a patent application. …
Patent Law Weblog
Argentina Repeals Pharmaceutical Patent Examination Guidelines
By Donald Zuhn – Earlier this year, Argentine intellectual property law firm Berken IP reported that Argentina had signed a Reciprocal Trade and Investment Agreement with the United States that included several…
Spicy IP
Natural Justice Without Participation? Patent Examination, Civil Consequences, and the Zydus Judgment
By SpicyIP
The Delhi High Court in Zydus v. Controller of Patents has reaffirmed a formal separation between patent examination and pre-grant opposition, characterising examination as a self-contained, non-adversarial process. While this…
The IP Edge
USPTO Interview Changes: New Rules for Patent Success
Imagine you are on the verge of securing a patent for your latest innovation. You can see the finish line, but there is a small misunderstanding regarding a prior art…
Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog
Modernizing the Machine: USPTO Tests AI Search and Streamlined Claim Review
Another day and another change at the USPTO. On October 8, the USPTO announced an Artificial Intelligence Pilot Program for pre-examination searches. Last week, on October 24, the USPTO followed…
Patentology Blog
How Attorney Firms are Benefiting from an Australian Patent Examination Backlog
The Australian patent attorney profession has been undergoing a significant structural shift over the past decade. The listing of IPH Ltd in November 2014, and its subsequent series of acquisitions…
Imagine That IP Law Blog
Working within the USPTO Track 1 Limits
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Prioritized Patent Examination Program, known as the Track-1 Program, provides an accelerated patent application examination in exchange for additional filing fees to those…
Cleary IP and Technology Insights
Senate Bill Proposes Fast-Track Patent Examination for AI and Semiconductor Innovations
By Thomas Yeh, David Hlavka, Nathaniel (Nate) Reynolds, Clement Naples, Bert Reiser, S. Giri Pathmanaban, Gregory Sobolski
A bipartisian bill, the Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies Act (“Leadership in CET Act”), was recently introduced to Congress that proposes a USPTO initiative to accelerate review of patent…
Protecting the Product
USPTO Expediting Design Patent Issuances and De-Expediting Design Examination
Expedited Patent Issuance Starting May 13, 2025, the USPTO has begun accelerating the issuance of patents after the issue fee has been paid. Specifically, the duration between the Issue Notification…
Protecting the Product
Rocket Docket: Fast Track to Examination
While obtaining a design patent is often quicker than obtaining a utility patent, current design patent application pendency is often still a lengthy period of time. Based on data released…