Whealan speaks out on patent rules and reform
16 June 2008
Eileen McDermott, New York
Former USPTO solicitor John Whealan has defended the USPTO’s proposed rules on claims and continuations and gave the Office credit for “tak[ing] on a hard issue”
Asked in an interview for Managing IP whether the USPTO has lost credibility in recent months in light of GlaxoSmithKline’s and Triantafyllos Tafas’ successful lawsuit against the Office’s controversial proposed rules package on claims and continuations, Whealan defended his former colleagues and said that it’s necessary to “look past the case and see whether what the USPTO was trying to accomplish was at least valid”....
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