The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently introduced a Continuing Application Fee (CAF) to address the growing backlog ...

The already lengthy backlog is getting much longer. If the agency downsizes through DOGE, that could get worse.

Determination of an entity’s size (e.g., small, micro or standard) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an important issue that affects budgets and dictates the applicable fee ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sent a public reminder today that it is searching for candidates to fill the 18 recently ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has ended all appointments to the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) and Trademark ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated John Squires, the former chief intellectual property attorney at banking giant Goldman Sachs , to become the new director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...

In an unprecedented move, the Commerce Department abruptly dismissed all members of two citizen panels that advise the USPTO on patent and trademark matters. Members, all of whom were appointed during ...