USPTO Timeliness Slipping: Patent Phrase Modification Information Reveals Increasing Examination Hold-ups

.through Dennis Crouch.The USPTO possesses two traditional functionalities: (1) top quality exam to make sure requests satisfy the asking for legal criteria of patentability and (2) quick as well as effective handling of those documents. Latest information proposes the Office is actually dealing with the next of these mandates, as shown in a vigorous uptick in License Phrase Change (PTA) awards. [Graphes listed below]