IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law » albert einstein http://www.ipwatchdog.com Patents, Software Patents, Patent Applications & Patent Law Mon, 20 May 2013 15:21:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is Hiring Patent Examiners http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/21/u-s-patent-and-trademark-office-is-hiring-patent-examiners/id=19971/ http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/21/u-s-patent-and-trademark-office-is-hiring-patent-examiners/id=19971/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:42:52 +0000 Gene Quinn http://ipwatchdog.com/?p=19971 Related posts:
  1. Detroit, Michigan Announced as First Regional Patent OfficeCommerce Secretary Gary Locke announced that the first Regional Patent Office would be located in Detroit, Michigan and will open at some point during 2011, employing some 100 patent examiners with some additional support staff. Locke explained that as a part of the nationwide workforce initiative of the Obama Administration high paying jobs would be coming to the USPTO Detroit Satellite Office. Locke said that while 100 patent examiners is an appropriate level of staffing initially that number could expand over time if the Regional Patent Office model proves successful. Secretary Locke also explained that the Detroit Satellite Patent Office...
  2. Kappos to Congress: Funding Woes to Reverse PTO ProgressSpecifically, we learned that the USPTO projects an average first action pendency of 23 months by the end of fiscal 2011, that participating in the First Action Interview Pilot Program more than doubles the likelihood of getting a first action allowance, that Track 1 rules are imminent with rules for Tracks 2 and 3 to follow and during FY 2010 nearly 6,000 USPTO employees worked from home at least a portion of their work week. We also heard an ominous and declarative statement from Kappos, who told the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property that the diversion of fees will cause...
  3. PTO Announces Austerity Measures in Face of Financial CrisisThe last Continuing Resolution (or CR) ran out on April 8, 2011, with a 11th hour agreement, which was ultimately passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama the following week. When the dust had settled the United States Patent and Trademark Office did not fare well at all, with $100 million be diverted from the Patent Office. That lead to the Office today announcing severe austerity measures because they don't have the funds available to operate as a going concern....
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  1. Beware the Anti-Patent Misdirection and LiesAnyone who has been reading IPWatchdog.com over the last several days knows that anti-patent advocates have been lambasting me for taking the position that patents are not evil and that more than a 0 year patent term is appropriate.  This debate was progressing about as well as you could expect I suppose.  I was making [...]...
  2. Show Me the IP! Venture Capital Success Based on PatentsEarlier today Dale Halling, of Halling IP and State of Innovation Blog, brought to my attention an article on the IAM Magazine Blog from a few weeks ago. Joff Wild of IAM blogged about a study conducted by IPVision, Inc., which focused on analyzing the intellectual property positions of over 9,000 US venture capital backed [...]...
  3. Quinn and Koepsell Discuss Gene Patents on GritTVLast Monday, October 26, 2009, I had the opportunity to discuss gene patents on GritTV with host Laura Flanders. I appeared on the show via Skype video along with David Koepsell, the author of Who Owns You? , who was in the studio. I was supposed to be in New York City with David to [...]...
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