Patent office policyWe identify a previously unstudied patent examination negotiating tool at the USPTO called the examiner's amendment.We show that examiner's amendments reduce pendency but do not diminish patent quality.Examiner's amendments are one mechanism through which more experienced or more ...
We identify a previously unstudied patent examination negotiating tool at the USPTO called the examiner's amendment.We show that examiner's amendments reduce pendency but do not diminish patent quality.Examiner's amendments are one mechanism through which more experienced or more senior examiners increas...
examiner incentivesPatent examination is a complex and information-intensive process. For researchers and policy analysts studying this process, it is important to have a basic undoi:10.2139/ssrn.2995674Marco, Alan C.Toole, AndrewMiller, Richard...
It is time to invest in understanding your USPTO patent examiner. PatentAdvisor tells each patent examiner’s story through examiner statistics and patent analytics. With a little extra context, PatentAdvisor users can understand USPTO examiners and predict the course of prosecution and the examiner’...
(nWOW) and willing to train to gain new skills associated with new technology. The new tools are mainly for patent and trademark examiners as well as external users (e.g., patent practitioners, trademark practitioners, and the public). The USPTO is trying to implement Robotic process...
Apple's '949 patent covering touchscreen heuristics can be viewed as one of the most important properties leveraged in iOS. With Steve Jobs attributed fist on the list of inventors, the patent covers how multi-point input is computed and processed, making it integral to all iOS devices...
Primary Examiner: RIVERA, ANIBAL Attorney, Agent or Firm: CANON U.S.A. INC. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISION (IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, US) Claims: What is claimed is: 1.A server system that can communicate with a plurality of tasks of executing prescribed processes, and causes the plurality of task...
Primary Examiner: POPOVICI, DOV Attorney, Agent or Firm: FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (FUJIFILM) (MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, US) Claims: What is claimed is: 1. A method of transmitting data between a computer system and an external printing device, the method comprising: processing an image at the...
We reveal examiner and inventor patent-citation differences, as well as the influence of the new USPTO application data on patent-citation results.doi:10.2139/ssrn.1983109Freddy PachysSSRN Electronic JournalPachys, F., 2012. "Patent citation: The inventor, exam- iner, application, differences ...
Behind the Scenes at the USPTO: Accounting for the Supervisory Patent Examinerputting unnecessary characterizations onthe record that might later turn out to beharmful. Therefore, consider providing the AE with this contextual information verbally, for his/her possible later use with the SPE.By David...