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The late-May calendar is another 9-case blockbuster

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court today announced it will hear nine cases on its late-May calendar. May is the only month with two argument calendars.) That’s as many arguments as on next week’s large early-May calendar , and it puts the court on pace to issue well over 50 opinions this term. See here and here.))

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Utility Patents Granted per Calendar Year, 1840-2020

Patently O

I’m getting ready to teach my Fall 2021 Patent Law class, and that means doing an updated patent grant graph. utility patents granted per year from 1840-2020: Data for 2021 isn’t included in the table, but as of July 31, 2021, the authority file contains 195,480 patents. This graph uses calendar years (Jan.

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Early-May calendar is big in more ways than one

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court today announced it will hear nine cases on its early-May calendar. May is the only month with two argument calendars.) After the early-May arguments, the court will have issued opinions, or have opinions in the pipeline, in 42 cases with two later calendars still to be announced. Brown (2017) 3 Cal.5th

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2021 Patent Grants

Patently O

Total utility patent grants are down about 7% for calendar year 2021. Still the total ranks as the third highest of all time. The Office has almost eliminated unwanted delay in examination. Right now the delay is about 17 months from filing to first office-action.

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Justices set January argument calendar

SCOTUSBlog

Share After closing out 2021 with a pair of argument sessions tackling high-profile issues like abortion , gun rights , and religion , the justices will ring in 2022 with a decidedly lower-profile set of cases. The post Justices set January argument calendar appeared first on SCOTUSblog. United States (Jan.

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Six-case April calendar announced

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court today announced a six-case April calendar. This one was continued from the March calendar. The court granted review in August 2021. Prudholme : The court granted-and-held the case in November 2021, but a month later it un-held the case and directed the parties to brief, “Does Assembly Bill No.

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Four-case March calendar

At the Lectern

That continues a string of lighter than usual calendars. Like all calendars since April 2020 , and for the foreseeable future, the March calendar will be remote and based in San Francisco. (See It will be the sixth straight calendar will pro tem justices. The court granted review in April 2021.