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Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
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1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
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Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
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Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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Oblon Spivak Ranked As the Top Firm for Obtaining Patents for the 22nd Consecutive Year
For Immediate Release March 2, 2012 Alexandria, Va. -- The intellectual property law firm Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., has obtained a record 5,686 U.S. utility patents issued in 2011, according to numbers provided in the March issue of IP Today magazine. Oblon Spivak obtained 2,067 more patents than the second place firm and 2,350 more than the firm which came in third place. Oblon Spivak has achieved the ranking as the top patent firm for 22 consecutive years.
IP Today, March 2012
USPTO Releases its Proposed Patent Fee Schedule and Proposed Contested Case Rules
Proposed Patent Fee Schedule The USPTO announces the release of a proposed patent fee schedule issued under Section 10 of the AIA. To explain the proposed fee changes, they have prepared five documents: (i) a transmittal letter from the USPTO to PPAC explaining the fee setting philosophy; (ii) an executive summary of their proposed fee schedule; (iii) detailed information about their proposed fee schedule; (iv) a table of proposed fee changes; and (v) aggregate revenue calculations:
