http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/04/uspto-budget-cuts.html
I cant believe with all of the back logged patents and work that is not being dont in the patent and trademark office the government thought it would be a good idea to not only cut the budget, but also turn over the user fees to the treasury. It seems like in a time like this the user fees would be what would sustain the USPTO. Apparently someone really wants to screw with everyone filing a patent and everyone working in the patent office. I am going to do some more research in the next few days to see who is in charge of making the call to cut the budget. I saw this article and i thought it was a joke. If you thought the USPTO was backlogged before, you havent seen the worst of it yet.
Very interest point, I have never heard an argument this semester discussing the sustainability of the USPTO.
ReplyDeleteGreat article Cory. I agree with Brandon it should definitely be a topic to discuss in the next coming weeks. Like you point out Cory, it will be interesting to see what will happen and we should look at it closely. The backlogging will definitely be worse though.
ReplyDeleteI hope this is a topic we can talk about in the next class session. The funny thing is, in a world where technology and innovation is rampant, the USPTO seems like a very dated system.
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