Carl Oppedahl wrote on 1/20/2008 5:30 PM:
> Pogson, Phoebe wrote on 1/17/2008 11:56 AM:
>>
>> In the past, the OG has provided a notice each week of the average
>> date of new applications being taken up for examination in each
>> technology center. This is something my practice group has relied
>> upon to determine whether we should follow up with the PTO on the
>> status of an application, the assumption being that if the TC is
>> currently examining cases filed in 2004 and my app was filed in 2006,
>> there is no point in spending time tracking down the status. When I
>> went into the most recent OG notices (1/15/2008) I was extremely
>> surprised to see that this is information is no longer being
>> provided, although the final 2007 OG contained the listing.
>> I dont' recall seeing notification that this was being removed from
>> the OG, wondering if anyone has further information.
>>
> You're right. I had not noticed it until you mentioned it. But now I
> see it, thank you. USPTO has quietly discontinued posting the backlog
> information in the OG.
> Well, I guess that is one way of reducing the public visibility of the
> size of the backlog of unexamined cases.
Oops.
I think maybe what happened is just that USPTO moved it and now you have
to look in a different place to find it. Here it is:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week03/OG/TOC.htm#ref19
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