Compacting Prosecution and Petitions at the USPTO: Incredibly Useful and Incredibly Frustrating

Compacting Prosecution and Petitions at the USPTO: Incredibly Useful and Incredibly Frustrating

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Increasing efficiency via compacting patent prosecution is generally something both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and applicants for a patent agree is a good thing. For applicants, compacting patent prosecution would mean saving significant costs and obtaining patents faster. With limited exception, this is something that all applicants desire. The USPTO has a publicly stated goal of achieving compact prosecution.3 The USPTO, in their own words, understands that “[a] failure to follow this approach can lead to unnecessary delays in the prosecution of the application.”

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AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Spring 2023, Volume 51, Issue 2, p. 199.

[New York, NY] : Thomson Reuters, 2024.

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