The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new guidance in the Federal Register on November 17, 2023, that clarifies the requirements for design patents of computer-generated images, icons, and ...

A design patent protects a new, original, ornamental design for an article of manufacture. 35 USC section 171. “Ornamental” means that the design is purely decorative; the patentability is based on ...

“This is part of our larger effort to open the doors more widely to the innovation ecosystem while ensuring our policies and procedures align with the USPTO’s mission.” – USPTO Director Kathi Vidal ...

“Perhaps the recent movement and call for a change to the patent bar requirement, as applied to design patents, is [one] tangible, executable action item that will make the intellectual property ...

Firms will steer clients towards other ways of getting quicker examinations, but fear the ramifications of the USPTO’s decision Frustrations are boiling over after the USPTO ended a programme that had ...