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Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
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Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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The USPTO is in the final stages of approving three rule change packages that will, if enacted in their present form, have a dramatic effect on US patent prosecution strategy and portfolio development. However, the USPTO is planning to propose even further rule changes over the next 12 months aimed at shifting more of the examination burden from the USPTO to patent applicants. Under the banner of “improving US patent quality”, the USPTO’s main thrust is to reduce the backlog of unexamined applications. Improving quality and reducing backlog are worthy goals, but the proposed rules largely ignore other important considerations, namely budgets and patent enforceability.
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