It's a simple fact that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "USPTO") is inundated with patent applications. Given the sheer volume of applications, patent examiners can only spend a ...

“The signatory authority of an examiner may incentivize rejecting claims rather than allowing. Specifically, junior examiners have a greater incentive to reject patent claims and avoid indicating any ...

Examiner interviews are a powerful but underutilized tool in patent prosecution. Last year, a whopping 75% of patent applications concluded without a single interview in their file history. i This ...

“AFCP 2.0 is yet another tool in an applicant’s tool belt [but] patent practitioners should be cautious, as examiners have very limited time under the program.” When the After Final Consideration ...

In 2021 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based prototype search system for use by examiners during examination of patent applications. As ...

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A US patent can be an R&D company’s most prized possession. It’s an exclusivity ticket, after all, to a market of just under 330 million people and some of the richest consumers in the world. If the ...

The USPTO obviousness guidelines are written for USPTO personnel but combined with the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), they provide guidance to practitioners as well. While purporting to ...

Here's how bad it is at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. If the agency could shut its doors to catch up on its work, its 5,500 patent examiners would take at least two years to clear the backlog ...

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Michelle Lee has testified before a House of Representatives committee amid accusations of USPTO examiners claiming unsupported hours. Managing IP spoke to POPA and patent practitioners to put the ...