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Monday, December 26 will be a federal holiday in the District of Columbia. This means the USPTO will be closed on Monday, December 26. This means that any response or action that would have been due at the USPTO on Saturday, December 24, or Sunday, December 25, or Monday, December 26 will be timely if carried out on Tuesday, December 27.
The US Postal Service will likewise be closed on Monday, December 26.
Keep in mind that most locations in the US will turn off daylight saving time today (November 6, 2022), but today is not the day that Switzerland will turn off daylight saving time. (Switzerland turned off DST a week ago.)
Those who are filing documents at the International Bureau — documents that need a same-day filing date — should check to make sure they know what time it is in Switzerland as of today.
The main point here is that for a US filer, everything is now “back to normal”. Whatever time zone offset a US filer is accustomed to between his or her time zone and Geneva, that offset is back to normal.
ePCT will tell you what time it is in Switzerland.
If you regularly make use of TEAS or PAIR or Patentcenter or EFS-Web, you probably find yourself checking the USPTO Systems Status and Availability web page (screen shot at right) from time to time.
Wouldn’t it be nice if somehow you could be notified automatically when that web page changes? Well, now you can be notified automatically, if you choose to participate in a beta test of my new change-detection system. Continue reading “How often do you check the Systems Status page?”
Yes, you heard it here first (blog article). On August 5, 2022, I was the first to tell you this very exciting news about the Polish patent office becoming trendy, modern, and up-to-date. Continue reading “Today is the day for the Polish patent office”
I am delighted to be able to report that the Polish patent office has become trendy, modern and up-to-date. Continue reading “Polish patent office becomes trendy, modern, and up-to-date”
Today is the big day for the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office and the WIPO DAS system. Starting today, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office is a Depositing Office for every type of application for which it is possible to be a Depositing Office. Continue reading “Today is the day for Turkey and the DAS system”
Hello design patent colleagues. This blog article presents the third of three practice tips for prosecution of US design patent applications. Continue reading “Three design patent practice tips — tip number 3”
Hello design patent colleagues. This blog article presents the second of three practice tips for prosecution of US design patent applications. Continue reading “Three design patent practice tips — tip number 2”
Hello design patent colleagues. This blog article presents the first of three practice tips for prosecution of US design patent applications. Continue reading “Three design patent practice tips — tip number 1”
Hello dear readers. It will be recalled that on October 12, 2021, forty-eight design applicants and practitioners signed and sent a letter to Karen Young, Director of Technology Center 2900. (This is the Technology Center that examines design patent applications.) The letter (click here to see it) has four “asks” relating to the the examination of US design patent applications.
Yesterday, the phone rang and it was Director Young! Continue reading “More on the letter from Forty-Eight Design Applicants and Practitioners to Director Karen Young”