Press Releases - 2010

• Press Release, 10-67 (December 20, 2010)

  USPTO Creates Online Subscription Center as Part of Expanded Communications and Outreach Effort read more

• Press Release, 10-66 (December 17, 2010)

  USPTO Deputy Director Sharon Barner to Leave Agency read more

• Press Release, 10-65 (December 16, 2010)

  USPTO to Open First Ever Satellite Office in Detroit read more

• Press Release, 10-64 (December 09, 2010)

  USPTO Marks 30th Anniversary of Bayh-Dole Act read more

• Press Release, 10-63 (December 09, 2010)

  USPTO Chief Economist Unveils Agency's New Economic Research Agenda During Conference on Intellectual Property and the Innovation Economy read more

• Press Release, 10-62 (December 08, 2010)

  USPTO Implements Pilot Program Effectively Allowing a 12-Month Extension to the Provisional Patent Application Period read more

• Press Release, 10-61 (November 24, 2010)

  USPTO to Host Roundtable on Best Practices for Trademark Prosecution in the Current Electronic Environment read more

• Press Release, 10-60 (November 22, 2010)

  USPTO Extends Deadline for Patent Application Exchange Program by One Year read more

• Press Release, 10-59 (November 19, 2010)

  Patent Offices of United States, Europe, and Japan Reaffirm Their Commitments to Cooperation at 28th Annual Trilateral Conference read more

• Press Release, 10-58 (November 17, 2010)

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Launches Twitter Account read more

• Press Release, 10-56 (November 15, 2010)

  USPTO Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Ex Parte Appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences read more

• Media Advisory, 10-57 (November 15, 2010)

  President Obama to Honor Recipients of the 2009 National Medal of Science & National Medal of Technology and Innovation read more

• Press Release, 10-55 (November 10, 2010)

  USPTO Extends Deadline to Participate in Green Technology Pilot Program by One Year read more

• Press Release, 10-54 (November 08, 2010)

  USPTO COMMISSONER FOR TRADEMARKS LYNNE BERESFORD TO RETIRE AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES WITH THE AGENCY read more

• Media Advisory, 10-53 (November 03, 2010)

  USPTO to Hold Annual Independent Inventors Conference November 4-5 read more

• Press Release, 10-52 (October 29, 2010)

  Independent Inventors Conference Kicks Off Nov. 4 at USPTO Headquarters read more

• Press Release, 10-51 (October 25, 2010)

  USPTO and EPO Work Toward Joint Patent Classification System read more

• Press Release, 10-50 (October 19, 2010)

  USPTO Launches Second Peer To Patent Pilot in Collaboration with New York Law School read more

• Immediate Release (October 15, 2010)

  PRESIDENT OBAMA HONORS NATION'S TOP SCIENTISTS AND INNOVATORS read more

• Immediate Release (October 15, 2010)

  Secretary Locke Joins President Obama in Announcing the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates read more

• Media Advisory, 10-49 (October 13, 2010)

  USPTO Director David Kappos to Kick Off the National Trademark Expo read more

• Press Release, 10-47 (October 07, 2010)

  COMMERCE SECRETARY LOCKE VISITS THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE TO THANK EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR WORK IN SUPPORT OF INNOVATION AND THE U.S. ECONOMY read more

• Press Release, 10-48 (October 07, 2010)

  USPTO Adopts New Patent Examination Quality Measurement Procedures read more

• Immediate Release (October 05, 2010)

  Commerce Department Seeks Comment on Protecting Copyrighted Works on the Internet read more

• Press Release, 10-46 (September 30, 2010)

  USPTO Reorganizes Operational Structure to More Effectively Achieve Goals set out in 2010-2015 Strategic Plan read more

• Press Release, 10-45 (September 27, 2010)

  USPTO Expands the Patent Prosecution Highway to Include Pilots with Austria, Spain and Russia read more

• Press Release, 10-44 (September 22, 2010)

  USPTO and Rospatent Sign Agreement for Rospatent to Serve as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty read more

• Press Release, 10-42 (September 21, 2010)

  USPTO and DPMA Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation read more

• Press Release, 10-43 (September 21, 2010)

  USPTO and UKIPO Issue Joint Statement on Cooperation read more

• Press Release, 10-41 (September 20, 2010)

  USPTO Launches Effort to Incentivize Humanitarian Technologies read more

• Press Release, 10-40 (September 15, 2010)

  USPTO Expands Technical Training Opportunities for Patent Examiners read more

• Media Advisory, 10-39 (September 07, 2010)

  USPTO Director to Discuss USPTO's Goals and Accomplishments In First Anniversary Review for Media read more

• Press Release, 10-38 (September 01, 2010)

  USPTO Issues Update to KSR Examination Guidelines read more

• Press Release, 10-37 (August 23, 2010)

  USPTO and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of the Russian Federation (ROSPATENT) to Begin Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program read more

• Media Advisory, 10-36 (August 11, 2010)

  President Obama Signs Bill to Provide USPTO Authority to Spend an Additional $129 Million of FY 2010 Fee Collections read more

• Press Release, 10-35 (July 27, 2010)

  USPTO Issues Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos read more

• Media Advisory, 10-34 (July 16, 2010)

  USPTO to Host Public Roundtable on "Three-Track" Patent Examination Proposal on July 20 read more

• Media Advisory, 10-33 (July 15, 2010)

  USPTO Extends Public Comment Period for 2010-2015 Draft Strategic Plan read more

• Press Release, 10-32 (July 09, 2010)

  USPTO 2010-2015 Strategic Plan Available for Public Comment read more

• Press Release, 10-31 (July 01, 2010)

  U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Headlines Copyright Policy Symposium read more

• Press Release, 10-30 (June 28, 2010)

  USPTO Issues Statement in Response to Supreme Court Ruling in Bilski v. Kappos read more

• MEDIA ADVISORY, 10-29 (June 25, 2010)

  U.S. Department of Commerce to Convene Symposium on Copyright Policy in the Internet Economy read more

• Press Release, 10-28 (June 25, 2010)

  USPTO and the Hungarian Patent Office to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway read more

• Press Release, 10-27 (June 16, 2010)

  USPTO Joint Labor-Management Task Force Proposes Changes to Patent Examiner Performance Standards read more

• Press Release, 10-26 (June 07, 2010)

  USPTO and Rospatent Sign MOU on Bilateral Cooperation read more

• Media Advisory, 10-25 (June 04, 2010)

  New Exhibit on Food to Open at National Inventors Hall of Fame read more

• Press Release, 10-24 (June 03, 2010)

  USPTO Proposes to Establish Three Patent Processing Tracks read more

• Press Release, 10-22 (June 02, 2010)

  USPTO Teams with Google to Provide Bulk Patent and Trademark Data to the Public read more

• Media Advisory, 10-23 (June 02, 2010)

  Commerce Under Secretary Kappos to Discuss Proposed New Initiative for Multiple-Track Patent Examination read more

• Press Release, 10-21 (May 21, 2010)

  USPTO Expands Green Technology Pilot Program to More Inventions read more

• Press Release, 10-19 (May 21, 2010)

  USPTO and SIPO Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation read more

• Press Release, 10-20 (May 20, 2010)

  USPTO Launches Page on Facebook read more

• Press Release, 10-18 (May 20, 2010)

  USPTO Eliminates Patent Prosecution Highway Petition Fee read more

• Immediate Release (May 18, 2010)

  USPTO Co-Sponsored Collegiate Inventors Competition Seeking inventive Entries From Students read more

• Press Release, 10-17 (May 17, 2010)

  USPTO Opens Application Exchange Program to All Applicants to Reduce Patent Backlog read more

• Press Release, 10-16 (May 10, 2010)

  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE TO HOLD WORKSHOP ON PROMOTING INNOVATION read more

• Press Release, 10-15 (April 30, 2010)

  USPTO to Hold Public Roundtables on Patent Quality and Patent Quality Metrics read more

• Press Release, 10-14 (April 28, 2010)

  USPTO Expands Trademark Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program read more

• Immediate Release (April 26, 2010)

  Statement from Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on World IP Day read more

• Media Advisory, 10-13 (April 22, 2010)

  USPTO TO CO-HOST EVENT COMMEMORATING WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY ON MONDAY, APRIL 26 read more

• Immediate Release (April 21, 2010)

  Department of Commerce Sends Letter to Congress Expressing Administration's Views on Pending Patent Reform Legislation read more

• Immediate Release (April 20, 2010)

  U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Report on Role of Patent Reform in Supporting Innovation and Job Creation read more

• Press Release, 10-12 (April 16, 2010)

  USPTO and the Korean Intellectual Property Office to Expand Work Sharing Within Existing Bilateral "Patent Prosecution Highway" Agreement read more

• Press Release, 10-11 (April 06, 2010)

  USPTO LAUNCHES OMBUDSMAN PILOT PROGRAM read more

• Press Release, 10-10 (April 02, 2010)

  USPTO Proposes Change That Would Effectively Allow a 12-Month Extension to the Provisional Patent Application Period read more

• Press Release, 10-09 (March 10, 2010)

  USPTO and UKIPO Announce Action Plan to Reduce Global Patent Backlogs read more

• Press Release, 10-08 (February 18, 2010)

  Recently Announced Changes to USPTO’s Examiner Count System Go Into Effect read more

• Press Release 10-07 (February 01, 2010)

  Under Secretary of Commerce David Kappos Announces President Obama's FY 2011 Budget Request for the USPTO read more

• Press Release, 10-06 (January 28, 2010)

  USPTO Announces Interim Procedure for Patentees to Request Patent Term Adjustment Recalculation read more

• Press Release, 10-05 (January 20, 2010)

  USPTO Holds Public Roundtable on Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Ex Parte Appeals Rules read more

• Media Advisory, 10-04 (January 19, 2010)

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• Press Release, 10-02 (January 15, 2010)

  COMMERCE SECRETARY LOCKE NAMES NEW MEMBERS TO PATENT AND TRADEMARK PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEES read more

• Press Release, 10-03 (January 15, 2010)

  NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION read more

• Press Release, 10-01 (January 12, 2010)

  USPTO to Hold Public Meeting on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) read more