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.
1968
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.
Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
From the minute you walk through our doors, you'll become a valuable part of a team that fosters a culture of innovation, client service and collegiality.
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 Japan Patent Office has recently updated “The JPO Key Features,” a section of its website that introduces the benefits of filing applications in Japan for global business development. Various pictures and figures of the JPO Key Features mainly show the faster examinations of patent, design patent, and trademark applications at the JPO, encourage enhancing a mix of IP, introduce the Patent Prosecution Highway program, and describe the new Design Registration System.
Japanese clients tend to prefer visual descriptions and explanations for presentations. When we describe patent application systems used between the US and Japan, especially the information regarding the Patent Prosecution Highway and the US-JP Collaborative Search Pilot Program, the pictures and descriptions from this website may be useful to effectively convey our thoughts to Japanese clients.
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
The US-JP Collaborative Search Pilot Program