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USPTO Launches Interactive Model Predicting Average Patent Pendency Time frames in Relation to Varying Staffing and Filing Levels
Washington- As part of its ongoing transparency efforts, the Commerce Departments United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) todayestablished an interactivePatent PendencyModel (PPM) on its Web site. The PPM enables users to see how both first action and overall patent pendency periods are affected by changes in staffing and filing levels. Reducing patent pendency is the USPTOs top priority, and the model enables users to estimate pendency periods using historical data to make calculations and to create graphs of predicted outcomes.

MMB Welcomes New Attorney Kelli D. Morin has joined Maginot, Moore & Beck as an associate attorney. Kelli graduated from Boston University School of Law and adds to MMBs expertise in Biomedical Engineering. She will practice in all phases of intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent prosecution. Kelli was a summer associate with MMB in 2009, and we are glad to welcome her back to Indianapolis.

USPTO Rescinds Controversial Patent Regulations Package Proposed by Previous Administration
Agency Files Joint Motion with Plaintiff GlaxoSmithKline to Dismiss Lawsuit Related to Regulations Affecting the Ability to Secure Patent Protection for Inventions