Patent Law

An Interview with PTO Director David Kappos

By Dennis Crouch

Joff Wild of IAM Magazine has posted a 40-minute video of a recent interview with USPTO Director David Kappos.

Some interesting points:

• Allowance rate is up about 3% over last year. At the same time, the USPTO is making more rejections than ever.
• USPTO Interview Rate is up 60% over last year. Director Kappos believes that interviews have been very important for the process of negotiating a set of final claims that are allowable.
• The USPTO is considering potential tools that can help applicants file better patent applications. These include best practices guidelines and potential automated tools that highlight possible problems in applications.
• Hope for the three-track examination system is implementation in under two-years from now.
• Dramatically improve handing of the PCT. And, at the same time champion PPH.
• [Joff's Comments]
  

Full post as published by Patently Obvious on June 24, 2010 (boomark / email).