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USPTO Posts Comments on Deferred Examination

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Last February, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hosted a roundtable discussion on deferred examination. The roundtable, which lasted about four hours, brought together two dozen participants, representing a variety of industries and organizations (as well as positions on the issue), to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of implementing a deferred examination system in the U.S.; the impact such a system would have on applicants, their competitors, the public, and the USPTO; and how such a system could (or should) be implemented (see Patent Docs reports on "The Opposition" and "The Proponents"). In addition to hosting...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).