"search template" for each of the more than 600 classes of patents in the PTO system

The Two-Seventy-One Patent BLOG reports...

 <http://271patent.blogspot.com/> http://271patent.blogspot.com/

 

USPTO UNVEILS 3 INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE PATENT PROCESS: The Director of
the USPTO, Jonathan Dudas, announced a three-part initiative to improve
the agency's processes for handling patent applications. The initiative
was announced at a March 4 press briefing in Chicago.

 

(3) The third component is the search for prior art that is part of the
patent reexamination process. To be an aide and improve the reliability
of the patent search, the PTO will develop a "search template" for each
of the more than 600 classes of patents in the PTO system. The
references that comprise the search templates will be drawn from U.S.
patents, foreign patents, and non-patent literature. The PTO hopes to
produce the first templates for public comment by July. Such a search
grid is already available in the business method patent Class 705. This
augmented search tool will also assist the PTO in its hiring of
contractors for the pilot outsourcing project underway for PTO searches,
and it will let the other two trilateral patent office members--the
European Patent Office and Japanese Patent Office--know what the PTO
regards as relevant prior art.

 

Any PIUG members have any word on the status of the outsourcing pilot
study?

 

Norm Gilman

Gilman Research Services, LLC

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New York, NY 10010

Voice 212-675-9655

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www.gilmanresearch.com <http://www.gilmanresearch.com>

 

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