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USPTO selects Georgia and Alabama HBCU and MSI innovation ecosystems for Southeast Community Engagement Office expansion

USPTO selected Georgia and Alabama innovation ecosystem partnerships to expand its Southeast Community Engagement Office, with a focus

USPTO updates Director Review process to extend the deadline for decisions instituting trial from 14 days to 30 days

USPTO extends Director Review deadline for institution decisions to 30 days, with further extensions in exceptional cases.

USPTO designates as precedential a decision waiving Director Review deadline and terminating proceeding under "Hulu"

Director waives review deadlines, allows extensions in exceptional cases, and vacates institution under "Hulu" after invalidity findings.

USPTO designates informative decision declining to discretionarily deny institution where multiple considerations, including U.S. manufacturing, weighed against denial

Other considerations included a vacated district court trial, an apparent Office error, and an early challenge.

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