The USPTO recently published a Notice to applicants filing applications under the PCT in the United States Receiving Office (RO/US) to exercise care in selecting a competent International Searching Authority (ISA) for claimed subject matter. The USPTO reminds applicants that: (1) the EPO will not act as an ISA/IPEA for applications with one or more…
Month: March 2009
An Interesting Perspective Of The USPTO From The Inside
Gene Quinn of IPWATCHDOG.COM has a troubling an interesting post about the USPTO from the inside. For anyone curious as to why the allowance rate has dropped below 50% (it is presently at 42%), and why the quality of examination has declined so much in recent years, I recommend taking a few minutes to read…
How To Respond To Enablement Rejections – Part I
This post is the first of a two-part series on the enablement requirement. This first installment discusses some of the fundamentals of the requirement, relevant law, and the standards for compliance. The second installment will provide examples of responses to enablement rejections. The Basis for the Enablement Requirement The enablement requirement arises from the first…