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Recent US patents granting for treatment of hydraulic fracturing waters

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2012

We continue to monitor patent literature for water and liquid treatment technologies related to hydraulic fracturing

New global initiatives to accelerate examination of cleantech patent applications

  • Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
  • -
  • Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • August 6 2012

In an effort to promote the development and commercialization of technologies that conserve natural resources or reduce negative environmental impact, patent offices around the world have adopted programs to expedite the examination of patent applications pertaining to clean technologies

New strategies for green tech patents bloom in Canada and the U.S.

  • Bereskin & Parr LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • July 20 2012

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Green Technology Pilot Program has closed and is no longer accepting additional applications

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

An overview of expedited prosecution options for patent applicants

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2012

In our November 2010 and January 2010 issues, we reported on the Patent Office’s (PTO) then-new Green Technology Pilot Program (GTPP), which was one of several programs that allow an applicant to receive expedited prosecution of their application

Organic farmers fail to show controversy, patent invalidation suit against Monsanto dismissed

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 2 2012

A federal court in New York has dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, the claims filed by numerous organic farming interests seeking a declaration that they are not infringing Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) seed patents, the patents are invalid and unenforceable and the company would not be entitled to remedies against them

Opportunity to save money on expedited USPTO review of green patents ending soon

  • Locke Lord LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 19 2012

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) recently announced that its Green Technology Pilot Program (“GTPP”) will be closed down for good on March 30, 2012, or when 3,500 applications have been accepted for review in the program

Expiration of the Green Technology Pilot Program

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 19 2012

The Green Technology Pilot Program of the U.S. PTO offers a route for applicants to expedite examination of patent applications, as set forth on the web site of the U.S. PTO and in the Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 234, at page 64666, Vol. 75, No. 98, at page 28554, and No. 217, at page 69049

Nanotechnology in hydraulic fracturing innovation 2011 developments

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 18 2011

An important development to watch is how nanotechnology can be used as an innovation tool for hydraulic fracturing

PTO to terminate its successful Greentech patent program in favor of Track I (curiously)

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 17 2011

Some curious end-of-year activity for one government agency: the US PTO announced on December 15, 2011 through the Federal Register that it will extend but also terminate the Greentech accelerated examination program

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