Archive for July 10th, 2009
President Obama has prioritized reducing patent application pendency times. What are your top three suggestions to achieve this goal? Here are my mine.
One: Change the way examiners are evaluated. According to my understanding, productivity count or points are a major part of an examiner’s performance review. The examiner gains points for reviewing a new case, when an applicant files a RCE (Request for Continued Examination) and if the case is allowed or abandoned, among other activities. This system encourages “churning” where an examiner will force the applicant to file a RCE in order to obtain an allowance to increase their points.
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