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

.through Dennis Crouch.The USPTO has 2 typical functions: (1) high quality exam to make sure uses fulfill the requiring judicial needs of patentability as well as (2) well-timed as well as dependable handling of those documents. Recent records suggests the Office is actually dealing with the secondly of these directeds, as shown in a vigorous uptick in License Phrase Change (PTA) honors. [Charts listed below]