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.
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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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Proposed Patent Fee Schedule The USPTO announces the release of a proposed patent fee schedule issued under Section 10 of the AIA. To explain the proposed fee changes, they have prepared five documents: (i) a transmittal letter from the USPTO to PPAC explaining the fee setting philosophy; (ii) an executive summary of their proposed fee schedule; (iii) detailed information about their proposed fee schedule; (iv) a table of proposed fee changes; and (v) aggregate revenue calculations:
Changes To Implement the Supplemental Examination Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and To Revise Reexamination Fees (25Jan2012)
1. Proposed Rule/Request for comments "Request for Comments on Eliciting More Complete Patent Assignment Information" (comments due January 23, 2012).