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Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Harsh Proposals Coming from the U.S.-PTO.

Patent Baristas are reporting from the U.S.-PTO:

"[...] The USPTO has proposed rules to limit the number of continuing, CIP and RCE applications that can be filed by patent applicants. See here for the notice. [...] The USPTO has also proposed rules to limit the examination of each application to 10 designated claims or less. See here for the notice. [...]"

Patent Baristas argue that this has not been thought through very well. I would agree. Sometimes Patent Offices seem to be tempted to solve what they perceive as their specific problems on the back of the applicants and their representatives. Perhaps this might not be confined to the U.S.

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