Tag: examiner behavior
Senate Hearing on Patent Quality Today
Later today, the Senate will hold a hearing on how Congress can help prevent the issuance of poor quality patents. I recently testified at a hearing on the STRONGER Patents Act and patent qualit...
Further Evidence That Examiners Can Be Incentivized To Improve Patent Quality
Patent Progress has previously covered the research of Profs. Wasserman and Frakes regarding structural incentives at the USPTO that affect examiner behavior. A new paper in the AIPLA Quarterly Jour...