Congress is considering a bill that would let patents on prescription drugs be rendered unenforceable over an honest paperwork error, even when the underlying invention is genuinely new, non-obvious, ...

A notice of allowance is issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office to indicate that it believes an invention qualifies for a patent. However, the person originally filing for the patent is ...

Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark (USPTO) published a pair of documents in the Federal Register regarding due dates on new document formatting requirements for patent applications filed with the ...