The USPTO launched the Automated Pre-Examination Search Pilot Program on 2025 October 20 and it failed. They are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the patent examination workflow. Our advice was to not use it. Others agreed since only 169 applications made use of the program. So 2026 March 23, the USPTO waived the fee. Even...Read More
Two common types for a patent search in intellectual property practice are the patentability search (novelty search) and the landscape search (patent landscape). Some of our clients confuse these labels, but once explained, they know what they need. Searches All searches include a review of references, compilation of the representative or most important references, and...Read More
When Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022 she was the longest-serving monarch Canada has seen. Nobody practicing patent law today was practicing the last time the head of state changed. Does the event affect your patents?Read More
It takes about six years from your filing date to get a patent issued in Canada. You have options to reduce or increase this time and there are reasons to want to do either.Read More
