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U.S.: New program to further reduce patent pendency
By Ferraiuoli LLC
To further accelerate reductions of patent pendency and inventory, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the launch of its Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program. Under this new initiative, certain pending utility patent applications that have no more than one independent claim and ten total claims may be advanced out of turn for their first Office action. Applicants may bring their applications into compliance with the pilot requirements by filing a preliminary amendment.
“Narrowly crafted claim sets empower examiners to dive deeper, faster,” said John A. Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. “When applicants streamline their claims, they become collaborators in reducing backlog, trading extra claims for expedited feedback, and we gain the bandwidth to resolve more cases more quickly.”
Each Technology Center will accept approximately 200 applications into the pilot.
Ferraiuoli LLC
Ferraiuoli LLC (FLLC) was founded in 2003 by the late Blas Ferraiuoli-Martínez, Eugenio Torres-Oyola and María Marchand-Sánchez. This group was then joined in 2004 by Fernando J. Rovira-Rullán, thus forming the founding core of FLLC. FLLC has grown exponentially since its founding from a law firm with three attorneys and a support staff of three to its current size of 54 attorneys with a support staff of 38. Also, FLLC has grown from initially being known as an intellectual property and corporate law boutique law firm to a multiservice law firm that handles most matters relevant to a business while continuing to earn praise for its leading intellectual property and corporate practices.
FLLC has been ranked as a leading law firm in Puerto Rico by the professional publication Chambers Latin America in intellectual property, corporate, bankruptcy, labor & employment, real estate, and tax law. Moreover, 17 FLLC partners have been ranked as leaders in their field by the same publication. 4 FLLC partners are ranked as leaders in Intellectual Property, no other firm has more than 2. This recognition in such a short period of time is a tribute to FLLC’s business model.
FLLC prides itself in doing its work faster and more cost-efficiently yet with the same quality as that of its main competitors. The founding name partners are available at all times to attend to client matters. Their work ethic sets the tone for the rest of the firm. FLLC’s founders’ goal has been steady from the outset: become one of the premier multiservice law firms in Puerto Rico.
