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Optimizing Patent Quality and Timeliness between USPTO, JPO and KIPO with the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program

November 1st, 2017

The Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) is designed to provide the examiners with the best prior art by combining the search expertise of examiners at the USPTO and JPO or KIPO before issuing an office action in the patent application. The first phase of the […]

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The World’s Largest IP Offices, the IP5 Celebrate 10 Years of Co-operation and Issue a New Vision

June 1st, 2017

IP5, the world’s five largest intellectual property offices met on May 31st – June 1st 2017 in Valletta, Malta to review the achievements over the past 10 years and to decide the future direction of their initiatives. Commonly referred to as the IP5, established in […]

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IPI-Award 2017 Recognizes Dr. Michael Dixon for Early Advances in Patent Data Provision and Analysis

March 16th, 2017

Long before the term ‘Big Data’ even surfaced in the patent world, a visionary figure with a curious mind committed his early career to seeing how far patent data analysis could be pushed to its limits given the technology available at the time. What is […]

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China vs. U.S. Patent Trends. How Do the Giants Stack Up?

April 28th, 2016
China vs. U.S. Patent Trends. How Do the Giants Stack Up

The Chinese State Intellectual Property Office, SIPO, became the first office to receive over one million invention patent applications in a single year.  Read on to see how statistical patent trends compare between China and the U.S. and some of the reasons why we are […]

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Categories : Articles, Blog Posts Tags : , China, growth, patent, statistics, trends

Q&A: The Top-Ten Shuffle. Who Made it to the Top-Ten Leader Board for US Granted Utility Patents?

April 14th, 2016

Find out which global patent assignees occupy a place in the top-ten US rankings for most utility patents (grants) in 2015. Only one assignee dropped off the list, was it: a) Panasonic, b) Qualcomm, or c) Google ? Answer:  a) Panasonic Panasonic dropped from #10 […]

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IPI-Award 2016 Recognizes Ms. Annemie Nuyts for Contribution to EPO Search Systems

March 23rd, 2016

TPR’s close ties with the patent information profession over the last two decades has led to TPR founding and sponsoring the prestigious ‘International Patent Information (IPI) Award’ for outstanding achievement in moving forward the frontiers of patent information science.  Read how this year’s recipient, Ms. […]

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Unified But Not Uniform: The European Patent with Unitary Effect

January 6th, 2016

Nearly 3 years have passed since two European Union (EU) regulations entered into force, paving the way for a new route to managing patent rights across Europe. Those charged with the formation of the proposed Unified Patent Court (UPC) have supervised the production of 18 […]

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TPR Clients: Creating Smiles for Charitable Causes

January 6th, 2016

TPR gratefully acknowledges and values the ongoing commitment of our clients and we are honoring that trust by making a similar commitment to the worldwide community in helping others who are less fortunate than ourselves. To show our appreciation, TPR pledged to support two charities; […]

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Q&A: Patent Statistics in China: Chinese versus Overseas Applicants

January 6th, 2016

The State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) has released statistics on patent applications filed and patents granted in China during the first three quarters of 2015. With an increase in patent applications of 22% over the previous year, we take a look at the […]

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Making the Switch from USPC to CPC: What Attorneys and Searchers Need to Know 

October 12th, 2015

The United States Patent Classification (USPC) was the official patent classification system used and maintained by the USPTO until January 1, 2013. The system was replaced with the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), a joint partnership between the USPTO and the EPO where the Offices agreed […]

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