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Putting Yourself In The Shoes Of A Patent Examiner: Overview Of The United States Patent And Trademark Office (Uspto) Patent Examiner Production (Count) System, 17 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 32 (2017), Naira Rezende Simmons
Putting Yourself In The Shoes Of A Patent Examiner: Overview Of The United States Patent And Trademark Office (Uspto) Patent Examiner Production (Count) System, 17 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 32 (2017), Naira Rezende Simmons
UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
The mission of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is to ensure that the Intellectual Property system contributes to a strong global economy, encourages investment in innovation, and fosters entrepreneurial spirit. In order to ensure that the large volume of newly filed patent applications are examined in a reasonable timeframe, the USPTO has a system for determining the average amount of time an examiner should spend examining a patent application. Under the current production system, productivity is assessed based on Production Units (“PUs”) achieved relative to the Examiner’s production goal. The production goal is calculated for each examiner …