According to the United States Patent Office’s annual report, the average total patent pendency in 2012 for patent applications was 32.4 months. For many patent applicants, this delay is unexpected ...

The USPTO’s new PIER Pilot Program requires applicants in selected PCT national stage applications to affirmatively decide whether to proceed ...

When the patent bar exam was given in written form test takers were permitted to bring in with them any materials they wanted except for old exam questions. The ability to bring practically anything ...

In order to become a patent practitioner one must take and pass a federal examination administered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. What sometimes gets missed by some individuals is ...

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11, 2026 / PRZen / Wysebridge Patent Bar Review, a leading provider of USPTO Patent Bar Exam preparation for nearly 15 years, today announced the launch of its enhanced 2026 ...

Explanation. When the U.S. government denies us legal protection, we want to know why. Accompanying an adverse decision in the legal world, we want an explanation to support the adverse decision so we ...

(CN) - A digital rights group said it has curbed a patent holder from going after cities and transit agencies that use vehicle-tracking systems by having the patent's legitimacy re-examined. The ...

Two recent events—the issuance of the world's first patent for induced pluripotent stem cells and, under a pilot system, the issuance of the fastest patent ever granted—signal a watershed in Japanese ...

Imagine receiving a letter from a company offering to let you license a patent covering a computer-related business method for $50,000. Should you pay it? What if the company claims that its patent ...