Re: Comments in response to USPTO’s Request for Comments on Enhancing Patent Quality

May 5, 2015 Commissioner for Patents of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Attn: Michael Cygan Senior … Continue Reading

Revising Patent Examiner’s Time Allocations

Michael D. Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman Policymakers have long posited that the Patent and Trademark Office may … Continue Reading

Reducing Patent Application Backlog to Improve Patent Quality

Michael D. Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman Commentators have noted two key concerns with the patent system in … Continue Reading

Comments on Pillar 1, Proposal 2: Preventing the Potential Perils Associated with Automated Pre-Examination Search

Brenda M. Simon The quality of prior art located for a given application is limited by ability and … Continue Reading

Focus on Economically Important Patent Applications to Enhance Patent Quality

Ted Sichelman Currently, the USPTO essentially treats every patent application as if each were “created equal.” However, from … Continue Reading

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We greatly appreciate the USPTO’s outreach to the community in its efforts to enhance patent quality. We write … Continue Reading