My main concern is that the method of certifying private search firms
(or presumably searchers at private companies) will be administered by
people who don't really know what they're doing and use criteria which
may be outdated, incomplete, inappropriate or otherwise divorced from
reality. The thought of putting the certification process and criteria,
something which will presumably "officially" determine the competence of
current and future patent information people, into the hands of a single
agency of the US government is a bit frightening.
On the other hand, people working for attorneys, who tend to be obsessed
with this type of qualification and slow to recognize any other as means
for advancement, may finally have some sort of leverage.
- Sara Davis, GlaxoSmithKline
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