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USPTO Announces Software Partnership
Practical Law Legal Update 0-523-3853 (Approx. 2 pages)
USPTO Announces Software Partnership
by PLC Intellectual Property & Technology
| Published on 02 Jan 2013 • USA (National/Federal) |
The USPTO announced a proposed partnership with the software community to enhance the quality of software-related patents. The USPTO will hold two roundtable events and has requested public comments on this topic.
The USPTO issued a request for comments announcing the Software Partnership, a cooperative effort with the software community to enhance the quality of software-related patents. The USPTO will hold February roundtable events in Silicon Valley and New York City. The three initial topics for discussion and comment are:
- How to improve clarity of claim boundaries that define the scope of patent protection for claims that use functional language.
- Proposed future discussion topics.
- Oral comments on the USPTO's upcoming Request for Comments on Preparation of Patent Applications for any topics that particularly pertain to software-related patents.
Written comments on the first two topics should be e-mailed to [email protected] by March 15, 2013. The upcoming Request for Comments will include instructions for comments on the third.
The notice also includes registration instructions for the roundtables.