USPTO to host webinar on the Request for Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights

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USPTO to host webinar on the Request for Comments on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights

Join the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Friday, November 4, from 1-2 p.m. ET, for a webinar on the recently issued Request for Comments (RFC) on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights. The RFC seeks public input on a variety of topics, including:

• Prior art searching
• Support for claimed subject matter
• Request for continued examination practice, restriction, divisional, and rejoinder practice
• Non-statutory double patenting practice

Additionally, the webinar will discuss the objectives of the RFC, the process for filing written comments in response to the RFC, and a review of the questions presented.

Speakers include Office of Patent Legal Administration Senior Legal Advisors:

• June E. Cohan
• Raul Tamayo

The event is free and open to all. Register early on the event page.

Read the full text of the RFC on the USPTO’s Patent Related Notices webpage or on the USPTO-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaboration initiatives webpage.

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