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Will The USPTO Use The New CCD Tool To Lessen The IDS Burden?

Posted by Courtenay Brinckerhoff on Posted in Duty of Disclosure; International Patent Practice; Patent Office Practice

I know that the USPTO is busy studying the America Invents Act and drafting its implementing regulations, but it is disappointing that nothing has been done to address the inefficiencies of the current Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) rules. This inaction is even more egregious now that the Trilateral Patent Offices (EPO, JPO, USPTO) have launched the Common Citation Document Application (CCD) to provide easy access to references identified in search reports.

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