On Thursday, May 29, 2008, the Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association will hold a bench and bar reception to honor the 2008 recipient of the Logan E. Bleckley Award for Judicial Excellence, The Honorable Frank M. Hull, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Included with the $35 cost per person is a buffet and […]

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On Wednesday, June 4, 2008, the State Bar of Georgia will hold a panel discussion entitled “The Patent Toolkit: Tools to Keep On Hand to Protect and Enforce Intellectual Property”. Panelists for the discussion are made up of a diverse group of Georgia lawyers, some of which practice in the Atlanta area. Topics to be […]

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No more than three independent claims and no more than twenty total claims may be included in the patent application being accelerated and the claims must be directed to a single invention. No multiple dependent claims are allowed. If there is more than one invention, the examiner will telephone the applicant or his […]

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In order to accelerate the examination process, it is necessary to petition the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to make a patent application special. Any application for which acceleration is requested must have been filed electronically along with the petition. This means that, if the petition is allowed, the patent application will […]

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