The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rule substantially adjusting patent fees. The new fee structure will take effect on January 19, 2025. In addition to a general ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on Wednesday that patent-related fees will be raised starting January 19, 2025 to offset forecasted increases in operating cost. While ...

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The USPTO’s latest patent fee increases are now in effect, impacting filing, examination, maintenance, and RCE costs. These changes require corporations and law firms to reassess their patent ...

“Since it is the practice of some large companies to abandon applications or issued patents – sometimes in large numbers – before the first maintenance fee comes due, under the current fee schedule, ...

In a move that goes against the norm of service and government fees increasing steadily each year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has made several fee decreases introduced as part of the ...

It’s the start of the new year and no one can say for sure what it will bring – including intellectual property professionals. But attorneys have some predictions and insight on what they’re looking ...

Proposed hikes to patent fees at the USPTO could impact law firm and company strategies in some cases, say practitioners, who add that they must keep clients up to speed on any final changes. The ...