USPTO Timeliness Slipping: Patent Phrase Change Data Reveals Expanding Exam Problems

.through Dennis Crouch.The USPTO has 2 conventional functionalities: (1) high quality examination to guarantee requests fulfill the demanding lawful demands of patentability and (2) well-timed as well as dependable processing of those applications. Current information proposes the Office is fighting with the next of these requireds, as mirrored in a sharp uptick in License Term Correction (PTA) awards. [Graphes below]