How to Fix the USPTO
The United States Patent & Trademark Office has just released the 2008 Performance and Accountability Report, which is the annual report explaining the activities of the Office during fiscal year...
View ArticlePerspective of an Anonymous Patent Examiner
One week ago today I posted an article titled Change in Patent Office Philosophy Can Lead Recovery. In the little more than a full week that this article has been available it has been viewed 640...
View ArticleGood News, Bad News on Patent Reform
According to Reuters, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) says that the House and Senate are close to agreeing on language for a patent reform bill that would virtually ensure its passage. According to Hatch,...
View ArticleUSPTO Budget Crisis and the Anonymous Patent Examiner
Many readers will recall that on March 16, 2009, I posted an article titled Perspective of an Anonymous Patent Examiner. That post was and has been one of the most popular posts ever on the...
View ArticleObama to Fund Entrepreneurs in Latin America
Sometimes I wonder if I am dreaming. Virtually all of us have been affected by the economic crisis that has gripped the world, so no one can really claim to be uniquely impacted above and beyond...
View ArticleMore Funding Needed for Patent Granting Authority
I am writing from New York City today. I am here for the PLI Patent Bar Review Course, which kicks off our summer run of courses. Over the next couple months John White and I will crisscross the...
View ArticleOn the Record with Former PTO Director Nick Godici – Part 1
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Godici, and we managed to get into a wide variety of issues that ranged from his early days as a patent examiner, his patent examination philosophy and approach, the...
View ArticleHow to Fix the USPTO
The United States Patent & Trademark Office has just released the 2008 Performance and Accountability Report, which is the annual report explaining the activities of the Office during fiscal year...
View ArticlePerspective of an Anonymous Patent Examiner
One week ago today I posted an article titled Change in Patent Office Philosophy Can Lead Recovery. In the little more than a full week that this article has been available it has been viewed 640...
View ArticleGood News, Bad News on Patent Reform
According to Reuters, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) says that the House and Senate are close to agreeing on language for a patent reform bill that would virtually ensure its passage. According to Hatch,...
View ArticleUSPTO Budget Crisis and the Anonymous Patent Examiner
Many readers will recall that on March 16, 2009, I posted an article titled Perspective of an Anonymous Patent Examiner. That post was and has been one of the most popular posts ever on the...
View ArticleObama to Fund Entrepreneurs in Latin America
Sometimes I wonder if I am dreaming. Virtually all of us have been affected by the economic crisis that has gripped the world, so no one can really claim to be uniquely impacted above and beyond...
View ArticleMore Funding Needed for Patent Granting Authority
I am writing from New York City today. I am here for the PLI Patent Bar Review Course, which kicks off our summer run of courses. Over the next couple months John White and I will crisscross the...
View ArticleOn the Record with Former PTO Director Nick Godici – Part 1
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Godici, and we managed to get into a wide variety of issues that ranged from his early days as a patent examiner, his patent examination philosophy and approach, the...
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