e-Office Action:
- Thirty Percent (30%) of all USPTO patent correspondence is now communicated electronically. Up to three e-mail addresses can be identified for each pending application. Rather than sending paper, applicants receive an e-mail notification of an office communication that can then be accessed via Private PAIR.
- The e-Office Action system can help streamline docketing. In addition, attorneys receive the communication a few days earlier and in a form that can be easily communicated to their clients.
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Blogs to Check-Out:
- Patent Math by Dave Healey of Fish & Richardson
- All Things Pros by Karen Hazzah of Thomas Kayden
- Patent Think by David Feigenbaum of Fish & Richardson
Recent Patently-O Job Posting:
- In Seattle, the Miller Nash firm is seeking a medical devices patent attorney with at least four years of IP practice experience. [Link]
- The DC Area firm McGinn IP (located in Tysons Corner, Virginia) seeks an experienced patent attorney with an electrical engineering background. [Link]
- The Denver based firm Holland & Hart is seeking a licensing and technology transactional attorneys. Potential to join any of the H&H offices (Denver, Boulder, Salt Lake, Boise). [10+ years Experience][5+ years Experience]
- Holland & Hart is also seeking an associate for their trademark enforcement practice. Must have outstanding academic record, superior writing and communication skills. [Link]
- Pfizer is seeking an Assistant General Counsel for Patents to support its Vaccines Research Unit and Center for Integrative Biology and Biotheraputics. [Ph.D. J.D. and 10+ years Experience]
- The bio/pharma company Gilead Sciences seeks a patent attorney to work with it respiratory therapeutics area in Seattle, Washington. 8+ years IP experience including in-house experience. [Link]
- Kroger is looking to hire a patent counsel to help develop a corporate patent strategy, oversee Kroger’s patent portfolio and manage liability. [Link]
“China, the putative future superpower, now has a much higher rate of patent creation than the United States, as well as a higher number of engineers being graduated. And because most American R&D spending comes from a handful of U.S. multinationals, some experts fear the companies will eventually shift their funding to China”
…or at least the fax may be upside down.
The problem with electronic delivery is they won’t also send you by paper and I’m afraid something might get lost electronically…
>>>It is a sad day in patent land.
The day the USPTO hired 6, or at least the day 6 decided to take MM as his mentor.
RE Prioritized examination: Thanks! Its coming.
“Kroger is looking to hire a patent counsel to help develop a corporate ptaent strategy, oversee kroger’s patent portfolio and manage liability.”
It is a sad day in patent land.
Yo DDC- when are we going to see the results of your accelerated examination poll? (link to patentlyo.com)
I hope this one doesn’t get ignored like the practitioner Inequitable Conduct poll of last year.
“Must have outstanding academic recird,”
Dennis,
e-Office Action has been a “good” addition to the USPTO system. The e-mail notifications are far better (and “green”) way for us to retrieve pending Office Actions.
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