| Nov. 18 2008 at 10:01 AM |
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The USPTO released its annual report for fiscal year 2008. Below is a comparison of a few key statistics with 2007 stats:
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2007
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2008
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change
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Average months to first action (patent)
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25.3
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25.6
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+.3
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Average months total pendency (patent)
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31.9
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32.2
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+.3
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Percent of applications filed electronically (patent)
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49.3%
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72.1%
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+22.8%
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Average months to first action (trademark)
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2.9
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3.0
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+.1
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Average months total pendency (trademark)
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15.1
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13.9
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-1.2
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Percent of applications filed electronically (trademark)
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95.4%
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96.9%
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+1.5%
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Yes, this really does mean you can wait 2-3 years to get a patent application approved.
James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com/
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| Nov. 18 2008 at 7:46 PM |
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Great piece of information. Intellectual Property is key to the internet world.
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| Nov. 20 2008 at 12:07 AM |
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Intellectual property is the key to all of capitalism, not just the online world.
Oddly enough, it seems more than half the voting population of the US
has decided that capitalism isn't the way to go. So I would assume they
also mean for intellectual property rights to be removed from the
environment. Maybe that's part of what they mean by redistributing the
wealth, and "change."
Craig Landes
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Defining the undefinable. "There are 10 kinds of people in the world---those who understand binary numbers and those who don't." - Unknown
International Society of Curmudgeons
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| Nov. 20 2008 at 12:14 PM |
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More than half of the voting population of the US would not recognize capitalism if it walked up and shook their hand. The poor idiots think this "blended" US economic system is capitalism. Capitalism ain't always pretty - but it always works.
James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com/
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| Nov. 20 2008 at 6:14 PM |
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What's ironic is that most of Hollywood and the world of professional
entertainers tend to vote Democrat, and certainly went all-out in
support of Mr. Obama.
And yet, without intellectual property rights, there wouldn't be any
movies, recorded music, books, paintings, trademarks, contracts,
royalties, percentages of gross earnings, "deals," stage productions,
or any other of the countless luxuries those entertainers currently
enjoy so much.
Craig Landes
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Defining the undefinable. "There are 10 kinds of people in the world---those who understand binary numbers and those who don't." - Unknown
International Society of Curmudgeons
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| Nov. 21 2008 at 2:49 PM |
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so true. a host can live without a leach but a leach can't live without a host.
James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com/
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