Last week a friend complained to me about an obviousness rejection that cited 8 references. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I told him to be…
Eli Mazour was wondering how many examiners have not allowed any applications this year. Since he has a cool podcast (with an impressive list of past guests),…
As I touched on last week, for the ~80% of After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP) requests that are coded in PAIR, the amendments were…
For those not familiar with the pre-appeal brief conference pilot program, the USPTO describes it as follows: This program offers applicants an avenue to request…
As promised last week, here is a more detailed breakdown of what happens after an appeal brief, examiner answer, or reply brief. ~15% of appeal briefs…
The table below shows the appeal outcomes for BPAI/PTAB decisions since 2010 for art units with at least 20 decisions in that time period. Although…
In my experience (working predominantly with electronics applications), a high percentage of restrictions feel like extortion — the examiner just wants easy counts and the…
I have come across many clients and practitioners that take it as gospel that examiner interviews are always good and should be performed whenever possible.…
In my previous post, I looked at two metrics – allowance rate and actions per disposal – that I find useful in assessing an examiner…