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USPTO official recommends examiner interviews

10 October 2008

James Nurton, Florence

USPTO Commissioner for Patents John Doll has urged patent applicants to request interviews with examiners to resolve prosecution problems

Doll told a session on patent quality at the 11th FICPI Open Forum in Florence, Italy that problems that seem insoluble in written correspondence can often be resolved quickly in a face-to-face meeting.

He revealed that the...



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