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CLIENT ALERT - The New Rules: Strategies, Pitfalls, and Actions to Consider Immediately

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently put forth a controversial set of new rules that will dramatically impact drafting and prosecuting patent applications. We summarized the new rules in a previous Client Alert dated August 24, 2007.

We have been carefully analyzing these new rules and their implications, as well as recent commentary from the USPTO in which it has significantly changed the applicability of several important provisions. In this Alert, we provide strategies patent applicants should consider, and identify pitfalls to avoid. While the rules do not go into effect until November 1, 2007, they will impact many pending applications, and patent applicants should consider acting now in many circumstances.

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