USPTO To Host Webinar On The Request For Comments On Initiatives To Ensure The Robustness And Reliability Of Patent Rights

By Godson Umejiego, Senior Correspondent, USA

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Friday, November 4, from 1-2 p.m. ET, is set for a webinar on the recently issued Request for Comments (RFC) on Initiatives to Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights. The RFC seeks public input on a variety of topics, including:

• Prior art searching
• Support for claimed subject matter
• Request for continued examination practice, restriction, divisional, and rejoinder practice
• Non-statutory double patenting practice

Additionally, the webinar will discuss the objectives of the RFC, the process for filing written comments in response to the RFC, and a review of the questions presented.

Speakers include Office of Patent Legal Administration Senior Legal Advisors namely:

• June E. Cohan and
• Raul Tamayo

The event is free and open to all. Registration is mandatory early on the event page.