USPTO Timeliness Slipping: Patent Phrase Modification Data Shows Developing Exam Delays

.by Dennis Crouch.The USPTO possesses two typical functionalities: (1) premium examination to ensure uses delight the requiring lawful demands of patentability as well as (2) timely as well as dependable processing of those documents. Latest information advises the Office is actually fighting with the second of these directeds, as reflected in a vigorous uptick in License Term Modification (PTA) honors. [Graphes below]