The Failed Promise of User Fees: Empirical Evidence from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

In the United States Patent and Trademark Office

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE In re Application of: RICHARD H. STERN APPLICATION MADE SPECIAL Serial No.: 11/166,991 Examiner: HARRIS, CHANDA L. Filed: 27 June 2005 Art Unit: 3715 For: MENTAL THERAPY METHOD FOR CATHARSIS OF NEGATIVE FEELINGS AMENDMENT Paper No. 6 Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Sir: In response to the first Office action maile...

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American Indians and the United States patent and trademark office: The Native American Tribal Insignia database

The tribal insignia of American Indians offer a distinctive view into the history of these people. Recently, as the result of federal legislation, some of these materials have been brought together, for tribes that are either federally or State recognized entities, as part of the database collection maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This article focuses on the...

Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Alexandria, Va 22313

ideas for purposes of step one when it notes in the discussion of step one that “courts have tread carefully in construing this exclusion because, at some level, all inventions embody, use, reflect, rest upon or apply abstract ideas.” Preliminary Guidance at 2; see also Alice Corp., 134 S. Ct. at 2354 (quoting Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289, 1293 (2012)). B...

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