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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