U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Extends Deadlines for Claiming Priority/Benefit
June 15, 2020
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Pursuant to the CARES act and 37 C.F.R. 1.183, the USPTO is further extending the time period to petition to restore the right of priority to or claim benefit of a foreign or provisional application to July 30, 2020. Details can be found in the full notice.
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Further Extends Deadlines
May 30, 2020
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The USPTO has further extended the time to file certain patent-related documents and to pay certain required fees pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act). Specifically, for small and micro entities, filings that would have been deemed timely filed, if filed by June 1, 2020 pursuant to the CARES Act Notice dated April 28, 2020, will now be deemed timely filed if filed by July 1, 2020. For large entities, after May 31, 2020, relief will be available to those who need it on a case-by-case basis. Such requests can be submitted through a petition for an extension of time or a petition to revive. Details are available on the USPTO website. Please contact us with any questions.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Extends Deadlines
April 29, 2020
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The USPTO has issued additional guidelines and procedures to address the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) that additionally extend some deadlines until June 1, 2020. The details for patent situations are available in a USPTO Patent Notice. The details for trademark situations are available in a USPTO Trademark Notice. These new notices supercede the prior notices announced March 31st. In many situations, these revised procedures include extensions of 30 days when accompanied by a statement that shows that the delay was due to being personally affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The particular situations are defined in these notices.
The USPTO remains open electronically for the filing of documents and fees. More information generally regarding USPTO notices during this Coronavirus breakout can be found on the USPTO website. Please contact us with any questions.
U.S. Copyright Office Announces Timing Provision Changes
April 2, 2020
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On March 31, the U.S. Copyright Office announced that it will temporarily extend some deadlines relating to the submission of copyright registration physical specimens and notices of termination in concert with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) the Register's assessment that there is a national emergency generally disrupting the normal operation of the copyright system. The details of are found on the Copyright Office website and generally require a statement that the applicant is subject to a stay-at-home order issued by a state or local government or a statement that the applicant is unable to access required physical materials due to closure of the business where they are located. The U.S. Copyright Office remains open electronically for the filing of documents and fees. Please contact us with any questions.
COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFORTS
April 2, 2020
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We hope this notice finds you and those close to you healthy and safe. Lowe Graham Jones is here – albeit virtually – to continue to serve all of your intellectual property needs and concerns during this pandemic, including patent, trademark, copyright filings and prosecution as well as litigation. All U.S. courts are open for business, and we can continue to enforce and defend your IP needs.
We fortunately converted to an electronic file system many years ago, and our staff and attorneys are fully prepared to work in their respective virtual home offices via telephone, computer, web-conference, etc. with good reliability, bandwidth, and security. In addition, we have set up easier electronic payment systems to better serve your needs.
If you have any concerns about deadlines or changes to various intellectual property office procedures in the US or anywhere in the world, please contact us. Let us know how we can help you continue to protect your inventions and businesses during this difficult time.
USPTO Revises Procedures for COVID-19 Breakout
April 1, 2020
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As announced March 31, the USPTO has instituted new guidelines and procedures to address the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) signed into law on March 27th, including extensions to the time allowed to file certain patent and trademark-related documents and to pay certain required fees. The details for patent situations are available in a USPTO Patent Notice. The details for trademark situations are available in a USPTO Trademark Notice. In many situations, these revised procedures include extensions of 30 days when accompanied by a statement that shows that the delay was due to being personally affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The particular situations are defined in these notices.
The USPTO remains open electronically for the filing of documents and fees. More information generally regarding USPTO notices during this Coronavirus breakout can be found on the USPTO website. Please contact us with any questions.
Filesystem hierarchical aggregate metrics
US Patent 10,459,892
October 29, 2019
A software and hardware facility persistently maintains metrics on directories at different levels within a tree of a filesystem. The facility hierarchically aggregates attributes of files contained by directories and stores them as metric values in each directory within a tree. The stored values represent summed or otherwise aggregated data from the descendant directories and files. The metric values represent aggregated attributes such as total space consumed by a directory and all the descendant directories and files, total number of files within a directory, total data blocks used by a directory and its descendant directories and data files, etc.
Dynamic permission modes
US Patent 10,460,122
October 29, 2019
Embodiments are directed to managing data in a file system. A file system engine provides a file system that includes file system objects that may be accessible by two or more clients that use different native permission schemes. And, a permissions engine may determine map rules based on characteristics of a request to access request a file. The permission engine may execute the one or more map rules to provide platform permission values based on the native permission values. The permission engine may compare requested platform permission values to the platform permission values associated with the file. The permission engine may provide the access rights to the file based on an affirmative result of the comparison.
Filesystem block sampling to identify user consumption of storage resources
US Patent 10,459,884
October 29, 2019
Providing a statistical analysis of all files in a file system based on random sampling of data blocks to identify individual user consumption of file system resources and characteristics of the files stored in the file system. In one or more of the various embodiments, the file system is based on information for a plurality of cylinder groups. Also, each cylinder group may include at one or more known locations at least three types of data structures that enable reverse mapping of data blocks to root directories.
Method of installing interface pad on concrete ties
US Patent 10,458,071
October 29, 2019
An interface pad for a concrete tie includes a resilient contact pad to cushion the tie from any overlying parts in a railway application, such as panels in a grade crossing or rails in a turnout. The pad may be flat or a cupped shape and may be of varying size to accommodate varying tie widths. The invention further comprises means and methods to correctly secure such an interface pad to a concrete railroad tie and minimize the possibility that the interface pad will be forcibly removed from the tie during installation of the tie.
