Perspective 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 ArticlePatent Academy Closing, USPTO Budget Crisis Deepening?
On March 2, 2009, the Practising Law Institute kicked off the Third Annual Patent Law Institute at its New York City headquarters. The West Coast version of this live program started today and will...
View ArticleUSPTO Patent Quality Review Changing for Better
Earlier today I heard a rumor from an exceptionally reliable source regarding the United States Patent and Trademark Office efforts to reform patent quality review. Quality review, or QR for short,...
View ArticleWill Obama Ever Select a PTO Director?
Admittedly, the selection of an Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, a post that also carries the title of Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, is not as...
View ArticleFederal Circuit to Rehear Tafas and GSK v. Doll
On Monday, July 6, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (minus Judge Lourie who did not participate in the poll of judges) decided to rehear the claims and continuations...
View ArticleKappos Senate Hearing Scheduled for July 29, 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced that the confirmation hearing for David Kappos, who is President Barack Obama’s nominee to be Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the...
View ArticleDavid Kappos Confirmed as USPTO Director
With no notice to the public, and after the Senate was reported to have adjourned for their August recess, on Friday, August 7, 2009, David Kappos was confirmed as Undersecretary of Commerce for...
View ArticleJohn Doll Announces Retirement from USPTO
I have been saying for months that the logical thing would be for John Doll to retire, and earlier today the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced that after 35 years at the USPTO,...
View ArticleRob Clarke Named New USPTO Chief of Staff
Yet another high profile senior level management position has been filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the trend of qualified “get it” people continues. Rob Clarke, who is...
View ArticleThe John Doll Era Begins at USPTO
There have been many rumors about the impending resignation about Jon Dudas, the Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property appointed by President Bush in 2004. Patently-O announced on...
View ArticleDoll Wastes No Time, USPTO Considers Deferred Examination
John Doll has wasted no time moving forward to try and put his stamp on the United States Patent Office. One week ago today Doll, who became Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property...
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