Jonathan Platt

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Patent attorney, adjunct professor, resident expert on the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure

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USPTO announces new group to mitigate threats to the patent system Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced creating a new group to expand the agency's efforts to mitigate threats and protect the integrity of the U.S. patent system. The USPTO’s Patent Fraud Detection and Mitigation Working Group represents the agency’s continued commitment to limit improper activity in patent applications and reexamination proceedings at USPTO and reduce patent application pendency.
37 CFR 11.6(c): “Any foreigner not a resident of the United States who shall file proof … that he or she is registered and in good standing before the patent office of the country in which he or she resides and practices, … may be registered as a patent agent to practice before the Office for the limited purpose of presenting and prosecuting patent applications of applicants located in such country, provided that the patent office of such country allows substantially reciprocal privileges to those admitted to practice before the Office.” Manual of Patent Operating Practice (MOPOP) 5.02.02 – There is “a list of registered foreign practitioners … who are recognized as patent agents under the laws of a country other than Canada, and have limited ability to act on behalf of patent applicants … under Canada’s Patent Rules. …[T]hese registered foreign practitioners are not considered ‘patent agents’ … and cannot be appointed in respect of an application, patent or any other business before the Office.”
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