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IPO Comments on Proposed Changes to Restriction Practice

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- In June, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 33584) seeking comments regarding a number of changes to current restriction practice that the Office is considering implementing (see "USPTO Requests Comments Regarding Proposed Changes to Restriction Practice"). Last week, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) responded to the Office's call for comments with a letter from IPO President Douglas Norman outlining the organization's position on the issue. Rather than specifically responding to the half dozen questions posed in the USPTO notice, the IPO notes that it "has...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on August 19, 2010 (boomark / email).