not formalized the process or published any proposed rules to implement it. Instead, it revised its interim review process.<... Read more The Federal Circuit Takes Design Patent Obviousness En Banc ...
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The USPTO proposes to modify the rules of practice when certain types of patent applicants and patentees may obtain or enforce a second patent for an invention that is similar (i.e., patentably indistinct)...