Posts with this category are annual summaries of IPO board resolutions.
Support Worksharing With Foreign Offices If No Deferral Beyond 30 Mos.
RESOLVED, That IPO supports bilateral efforts with foreign patent offices [...]
Support 18 Months Pendency From Actual Filing Date
RESOLVED, That IPO favors completion of examination of all patent [...]
Fees to Reflect Cost of Services
RESOLVED, That IPO urges individual fees be set at levels [...]
Fee Increases to be Used for USPTO
RESOLVED, that IPO supports reasonable and necessary fee increases as [...]
Quality, Early Clarification of Rights, and Cost-Effectiveness
RESOLVED, That IPO favors a patent system that: (1) grants [...]
Support of Continued Availability of EPO Search and Exam
RESOLVED, IPO Supports, in principle continued availability of EPO searching [...]
Fee Withholding as a Taking under the 5th Amendment
RESOLVED, IPO agrees that based on legal precedent, that the [...]