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Patent Analytics (4)
The First Action Interview Pilot Program: Did It Work?
The Full First Action Interview Pilot Program (FAIPP) was created due to concerns over interview effectiveness. Now discontinued, the program was one of many USPTO attempts to open communication between examiners and patent practitioners. Did the program succeed?
Ten Years of Track One: Is It Still Worth It? (2021 Report)
Innovation is key to a business's competitive advantage, and the USPTO created the Prioritized Patent Examination Program (known simply as Track One) to move ideas quickly. Patent applications in the program are expected to reach disposition within twelve months.
Examiners Who Procrastinate the Most – And How They Can Help You Get Your Next Allowance (2021)
The USPTO has an official term for examiner procrastination - end-loading. An interesting metric to be sure, but how can you use examiner procrastination to your advantage in patent prosecution?
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Examiners Who Issue the Most Office Actions (2021)
An ideal patent prosecution is quick, cost-efficient, and ultimately successful. The more office actions an application receives, the longer, more expensive, and less viable an application becomes.
Examiners Who Love (and Hate) to Interview (2021)
How do interviews impact your chance at an allowance? Our analysis found that 92% of examiners are more likely to allow an application when an interview is part of the prosecution.
Get Ready for a New Year: 5 Things Your Law Firm Needs to Stop Doing Now
Patent prosecution demands agility and innovation. Successful law firms embrace a culture of continuous self-assessment, regularly refining strategies to stay competitive.
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Was the 2019 Revised Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance Successful?
For years, Alice has been a source of frustration for many patent practitioners. New guidance released by the USPTO in 2019 promised to provide some consistency. It’s now been two years — has anything changed?
Growing Your Firm in 2021: Advice from Top Growing and Emerging IP Firms
After a tumultuous 2020, many IP firms are refocusing their efforts on growth in 2021. Here, we share advice from patent leaders at Slater Matsil, Procopio, and Quarles & Brady.
The Most Difficult Examiners by Technology Center (2021)
Patent professionals who specialize in a specific type of technology may run into the same examiners from time to time. If that examiner is one of the most difficult in the technology center, knowledge of past performance may be the difference between an allowance and an abandonment.
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The Most Difficult Examiners at the USPTO (2021)
We continue our annual tradition of identifying the 10 USPTO examiners with the most skeptical eye toward the patent applications that cross their desks.
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