USPTO Accelerates Patent Grants: What Applicants Need to Know By Melissa M. Mitchell As of May 13, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has accelerated the time between issue notification and issue date to approximately 2 weeks from a previous average of 3 weeks. The USPTO states that expedited issuance has been made possible through elimination of administrative redundancies and by the electronic grant (eGrant) system. […] Continue Reading →
Celebrating Innovation: The 2025 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees By Kirk M. Hartung The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) was founded in 1973 in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It has inducted more than 600 inventors who have created great technological innovations which have benefited all phases of life. NIHF honors the past with stories of ingenuity and invention and invests in future […] Continue Reading →