USPTO Timeliness Slipping: Patent Condition Change Information Presents Expanding Examination Problems

.through Dennis Crouch.The USPTO possesses 2 standard features: (1) high quality assessment to ensure uses satisfy the asking for lawful demands of patentability as well as (2) timely and also effective handling of those requests. Latest data suggests the Office is having problem with the next of these requireds, as shown in a sharp uptick in License Phrase Adjustment (PTA) honors. [Graphes below]