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HoustonHogle LLP named a 2024 “Best Law Firm”

HoustonHogle LLP is pleased to announce that Grant Houston and Doreen Hogle have been selected as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers. The 2023 list of Super Lawyers is published online at www.superlawyers.com, in the New England Super Lawyers publication. No more than five percent of each state’s attorneys are recognized for this honor.

HoustonHogle LLP is also pleased to announce, that, for the eighth year in a row, it has been named a Best Lawyers^®-“Best Law Firm” for the practice of patent law in the Metropolitan Boston Area, Tier 1.

HoustonHogle LLP named a 2023 “Best Law Firm”

HoustonHogle LLP is pleased to announce that Grant Houston and Doreen Hogle have been selected as 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers. The 2022 list of Super Lawyers is published online at www.superlawyers.com, in the New England Super Lawyers publication and in the November 2022 issue of Boston Magazine. No more than five percent of each state’s attorneys are recognized for this honor.

HoustonHogle LLP is also pleased to announce, that, for the seventh year in a row, it has been named a U.S. News-Best Lawyers^®-"Best Law Firms" for the practice of patent law in the Metropolitan Boston Area, Tier 1, and, for the second year, a National Tier 2 Patent Law Firm.

HoustonHogle LLP named a 2022 "Best Law Firm"

HoustonHogle LLP is pleased to announce that Grant Houston and Doreen Hogle have been selected as 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers. The 2021 list of Super Lawyers is published online at www.superlawyers.com, in the New England Super Lawyers publication and in the November 2021 issue of Boston Magazine. No more than five percent of each state’s attorneys are recognized for this honor.

HoustonHogle LLP is also pleased to announce that, for the sixth year in a row, it has been named a U.S. News-Best Lawyers^®-"Best Law Firms" for the practice of patent law in the Metropolitan Boston Area, Tier 1, and, for the second year, a National Tier 2 Patent Law Firm.

HoustonHogle LLP is pleased to announce that, for the fifth year in a row, it has been named a U.S. News-Best Lawyers^®-“Best Law Firms” for the practice of patent law in the Metropolitan Boston Area, Tier 1, and this year has further been recognized as a National Tier 2 Patent Law Firm.

We also proudly recognize that, for the fourth year in a row, Grant Houston, and, for the sixth year in a row, Doreen Hogle, have been selected by their peers as U.S. News-Best Lawyers^® in their practice area of patent law, an honor awarded to only the top 4% of practicing attorneys in the United States.

HoustonHogle LLP is pleased to announce that, for the fourth year in a row, it has been named a U.S. News-Best Lawyers^®-“Best Law Firms” for the practice of patent law in the metropolitan Boston area, and in 2020 we have moved up to tier 1!

We also proudly recognize that, for the third year in a row, Grant Houston, and, for the fifth year in a row, Doreen Hogle, have been selected by their peers as U.S. News-Best Lawyers^® in their practice area of patent law, an honor awarded to only the top 4% of practicing attorneys in the United States.

HoustonHogle LLP is pleased to announce that, for the third year in a row, it has been named a U.S. News-Best Lawyers®-“Best Law Firms” (tier 2) for the practice of patent law in the metropolitan Boston area.

We also proudly recognize that, for the second year in a row, Grant Houston, and, for the fourth year in a row, Doreen Hogle, have been selected by their peers as U.S. News-Best Lawyers in their practice area of patent law, an honor awarded to only the top 4% of practicing attorneys in the United States.

HoustonHogle LLP is pleased to announce that, for the second year in a row, it has been named a 2018 U.S. News-Best Lawyers^®-“Best Law Firms” (tier 2) for the practice of patent law in the metropolitan Boston area.

We also proudly recognize that, Grant Houston, and, for the third year in a row, Doreen Hogle, have been selected by their peers as U.S. News-Best Lawyers^® in their practice area of patent law, an honor awarded to only the top 4% of practicing attorneys in the United States.

HoustonHogle LLP is pleased to announce that it has been named to the 2017 edition of U.S. News-Best Lawyers®-"Best Law Firms" (tier 2) for the practice of patent law in the metropolitan Boston area.

We also proudly recognize that, for the second year in a row, Doreen Hogle has been selected by her peers as a U.S. News-Best Lawyer® in the practice area of patent law, an honor awarded to only the top 4% of practicing attorneys in the United States.

This article was written by Doreen Hogle, partner at HoustonHogle LLP. We are proud to announce that Doreen was selected for inclusion in both the 2016 and 2017 “Best Lawyers in America” in the practice area of patent law.

Recently the USPTO announced two new pilot programs aimed toward streamlining patent prosecution. The “Post-Prosecution Pilot Program”, (the “P3” Program), provides a new option to applicants facing a final rejection, giving the applicant an opportunity to present claim amendments and written and oral arguments directly to a panel of examiners for a quick determination of patentability.  The “Patents 4 Patients” Initiative supports the National Cancer Moonshot mandate to increase patient access to new and promising cancer treatments by fast-tracking the examination of patent applications directed to treating cancers with immunotherapeutic methods.

Patents with an effective filing date on, or after, March 16, 2013 are subject to Post Grant Review (PGR) within nine months of issuance under the America Invents Act (AIA). But what about patents that issue from the so-called “transitional” applications filed on, or after, March 16, 2013 with a priority claim to an earlier filing date? Transitional applications can be subject to AIA provisions and PGR depending on whether the application contained at least one claim, at any time, with a post-AIA effective filing date on, or after, March 16, 2013. Recently the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a Petition for Post Grant Review for a patent issued from a continuation application that was filed in 2014 but claimed priority back to 2004. So don’t count on your earlier pre-AIA filing date to save your patent from Post Grant Review.