For those of you tracking the performance and backlog at the PTO, the Annua=
l Report may be obtained at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/annu=
al/2008/2008annualreport.pdf .
Note that the backlog of received patent applications, both in examiners ar=
t units and pre-examination processing, now exceeds 1,200,000 applications.=
E-filing of new US patent applications has become the norm, with more t=
han 70% of new applications filed in FY08 e-filed. The PTO processed a=
record number of applications to either grant or final abandonment in FY08=
as well.
Accelerated examination is touted by PTO management once again, yet proves =
little. 1,276 accelerated examination applications were received in FY08=
of more than 460,000! Have any patent database producers figured out a=
means of tagging or flagging cases processed under Accelerated Examination=
? Just as one often looks to Reexamination Requests as a harbinger of fu=
ture litigation, so the Accelerated cases have a higher probability of asse=
rtion, so they would definitely be good to isolate for monitoring purposes.
Roy Zimmermann
Medtronic Inc
Principal Patent Information Specialist
763-505-2527 763-505-2530 (Fax)
roy.zimmermann_at_medtronic.com
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