“Consistency in the process for examining patent applications benefits the entire patent community because it promotes more consistent and thus fairer outcomes.” After a patent application is filed ...
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced that it will be overhauling the overall assignment search experience by replacing two legacy search applications — Patent Assignment ...
On August 27, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office quietly announced that it would be deprecating its current Patent Assignment Search and Assignments on the Web assignment search portals and ...
In Lone Star Silicon Innovations v. United Microelectronics, Nos. 2018-15 82 (Fed. Cir. May 30, 2019), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit discussed how restrictive patent assignment ...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Businesses, of course, have a strong interest in owning intellectual property created by their employees. Intellectual property — patents ...
“Failure to properly redact sensitive information can expose both the company and the employee to privacy breaches and potential legal risks.” Assignment documents recorded with the U.S. Patent and ...