USPTO Timeliness Slipping: License Phrase Change Data Reveals Expanding Assessment Problems

.through Dennis Crouch.The USPTO possesses two standard functionalities: (1) premium examination to make certain uses fulfill the requiring statutory demands of patentability as well as (2) prompt as well as efficient handling of those documents. Latest records suggests the Workplace is dealing with the second of these requireds, as demonstrated in a vigorous uptick in Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) awards. [Graphes listed below]