Want to stop PAIR/EFS from wasting more of your time and money?

Update: Sign the letter to director Iancu here I think it is safe to say that this sums up the feelings of anyone who who…

The “Best” Patent Prosecution Law Firms

I just got another email about yet another ranking of the “top” patent prosecution firms. The criteria used are apparently allowance rate, average number of…

Mo’ Money Mo’ Inventors?

This week I once again draw inspiration from PatentlyO. In this post Dennis looked at the number of inventors per application. He subsequently tweeted a…

What Do Your Patent Examiner’s Statistics Say About You?

In my last post I looked at how one patent examiner statistic — what I termed RCE allowance rate differential — can help inform whether…

Is Another RCE Really Going to Make the Difference?

For those of you that haven’t checked out BigPatentData examiner analytics in a while, a little while back I added strategy-specific allowance rates. These are…

USPTO Open Data Conference Next Tuesday Oct 22, 2019

We are currently experiencing an explosion in new companies and tools that enable peeking inside the “black box” of IP to drive improvements in efficiency,…

Is Means Plus Function the Kiss of Death?

A while back, PatentlyO posted the numbers on means-plus-function claiming, and with recent talk of proposed changes to means plus function law, I decided to…

Where the Patent Filings Are (and Are Not)

This post is a continued look at the number of patent applications being filed by technology area. See previous posts here and here and here.…

User poll on patent filings

Teaser for next week’s post: Which of the following was NOT among the 5 fastest growing technology areas in terms of patent applications filed between…

Top Classes by Applications Filed (Animation)

Last week’s post, Fewer Applications are Being Drafted and Filed First in the U.S, spurred a lot of feedback worthy of a followup post. Until…