USPTO Timeliness Slipping: Patent Term Adjustment Data Reveals Increasing Exam Hold-ups

.through Dennis Crouch.The USPTO has pair of traditional features: (1) high quality evaluation to guarantee treatments fulfill the asking for statutory needs of patentability and also (2) quick as well as dependable handling of those requests. Latest data suggests the Office is dealing with the second of these directeds, as mirrored in a vigorous uptick in License Phrase Correction (PTA) honors. [Charts listed below]