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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Gets It Right about Patents

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Published articles in the popular press rarely report accurately about patents and the patent system. That's why it is unexpected, remarkable, and incredibly timely that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published not one but two in-depth articles about patents and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week. Written by John Schmid and Ben Poston, the articles, "Patent backlog clogs recovery" and "Patent rejections soar as pressure on agency rises" document the current (parlous) conditions for patenting in the U.S. Most importantly, the articles recognize the importance of innovation in pulling the country out of the...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on August 20, 2009 (boomark / email).