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Fixing Errors: USPTO Offers Reissue Best Practices for Patent Owners
On March 2, 2010, the USPTO held a Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership meeting at its Madison Auditorium. Among the various topics presented was a set of USPTO Slides by Jean Vollano, a Quality Assurance Specialist in TC 1600. Her presentation was informative and worth a detailed review. She covered reissue practice relating to (1) amendments to claims, description and drawings, (2) inclusion of certificates of correction in reissue applications, (3) oaths/declarations and (4) amendments to a reissue of a reissued patent.
Her slides provide examples of how to properly amend claims in reissue applications emphasizing the need to amend original patent claims using brackets and underlining of original patent claim text. She reminded applicants that Read the rest of this entry »
