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Thomas D. Franklin Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

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A national footprint: patent office with satellite locations *

USA - August 16 2012
Last month, the USPTO opened its very first satellite office in Detroit and announced the planned opening of three additional offices in Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado (Denver); San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (Silicon Valley); and Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, Texas (Dallas).


Proposed first-to-file rules and examination guidelines open for comment *

USA - August 13 2012
On July 26, 2012, the USPTO released in the Federal Register proposed changes to the patent rules and examination guidelines for implementation of the America Invents Act’s (AIA’s) change to a “first-inventor-to-file” system.

Co-authors: Joe C. Hao Ph.D., Daniel K. McCormick, Elena S. Polovnikova Ph.D..