Stoll warns over USPTO funding
17 February 2012
Eileen McDermott, New York
Former USPTO commissioner for patents Bob Stoll told patent practitioners Thursday that “we’re taking a calculated risk” implementing the America Invents Act provisions without a guarantee of full funding for the Office
Stoll retired from the Office at the end of last year and now works at law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath. But he spoke from his 30 years of experience with the Office at yesterday’s 6 th Annual Patent Law Institute held by The Practising Law Institute in New York.
“I am categorically not happy with the way funding turned out,” said Stoll. However, he seemed confident the Office would gain access to all of its fees this year and that...
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