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A Shot Across the Bow

A couple of weeks ago, representatives of a number of patent examiner unions around the world submitted an open letter to the heads of their respective patent offices.

The basic point of their letter is that policies seem to be increasingly dictated by the need to reduce the growing backlog (more production!), and it's taking a toll on the quality of examination and consequently on examiners' job satisfaction.

Of course, in my mind's eye I'm picturing this 'shot across the bow' as kind of like shooting at Old Ironsides and watching the cannonballs bounce off the hull. Still, good to get your position down on the record, I suppose.

Full post as published by Just a Patent Examiner on April 24, 2007 (boomark / email).