Patent quality is much ado about nothing without better patent examiner controls
18 11 2015IPWatchdog
October 22, 2015
Gene Quinn
The end goal of any patent application is to obtain a patent, which is true whether an applicant find themselves assigned to a patent examiner in an Art Unit that issues over 95% of applications received, or whether they find themselves assigned to a patent examiner in an Art Unit that issues less than 5% of applications received. Unless and until the Patent Office can address obstinate patent examiners and patent examiners who continually fail to meet quality expectations how can the Office truly address the problem? Frankly, talking about improving patent quality seems to be much ado about nothing, or perhaps akin to rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship.
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