2016
Patent Office Employees Found To Have Wasted Their Time, Taxpayer Money
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsAccording to a report issued today by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Commerce, hundreds of thousands of the claimed work hours of patent examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cannot be reasonably accounted for. After a minute–by–minute review of data for 94% of all patent examiners’ claimed...
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PTO Endorses Patent Reform; Inspector General Questions Patent Quality Control
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsNews of note from both ends of the patent litigation spectrum: The Patent and Trademark Office voiced general support for Congressional efforts to reform abusive patent litigation practices, while the Office of the Inspector General found the PTO lacking in its quality control measures for ensuring the issuance of high–quality patents. The juxtaposition is striking...
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