“Streamlining” Examination—New USPTO Pilot Programs

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director John Squires has stated that “it is to the benefit of all [patent system] stakeholders [that] prior art is identified and applied at the earliest stage of examination … as we benefit as a society from patents ‘born strong,’ beginning with the original patent grant.”…
By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck