http://www.ipwatchdog.com Patents, Software Patents, Patent Applications & Patent Law Fri, 24 May 2013 17:07:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2012/03/07/a-patent-bigfoot-the-mythical-first-action-allowances-do-exist/id=22628/ http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2012/03/07/a-patent-bigfoot-the-mythical-first-action-allowances-do-exist/id=22628/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:50:51 +0000 Gene Quinn http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=22628 Related posts:

1. Patent Strategy: Discovering Crucial Patent Examiner DataWhat if you could have a crystal ball looking inside the United States Patent and Trademark Office to easily determine an array of statistical information related to a particular Art Unit or even a specific Patent Examiner? Can you imagine the types of strategic consultations you could engage in with clients? Clients hate being surprised with additional fees and unexplained and/or unexpected delays. What if you could with a few clicks of your mouse find out all kinds of information about a Patent Examiner and/or Art Unit? The amount of cases requiring an RCE, the average number of office actions,...
2. Is there a Systematic Denial of Due Process at the USPTO?After my presentation, as you might expect, I was approached by a number of patent attorneys. Story after story it was the same thing I have heard from so many others — depressing tales of not being able to get a patent. One particularly egregious thing I heard was from a patent attorney who told me about a conversation he recently had with a SPE from one of the business method art units. I don't know which Art Unit, and frankly I didn't ask, although it is probably easy enough to narrow down the Art Unit. This patent attorney told...
3. Examining the Appealed Patent Allowances from Art Unit 3689The data clearly suggests that that inquiry should be made into what is going on in Art Unit 3689. If there is nothing odd after evaluation then I will be the first to report that and say that after further evaluation the patent examiners in Art Unit 3689 are doing a fantastic job. In the meantime, however, one way that we can get a more complete glimpse of what is going on in Art Unit 3689 is to take a look at the patents granted only after a decision from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Currently, according to...

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