USPTO Timeliness Slipping: License Phrase Modification Data Presents Developing Examination Hold-ups

.by Dennis Crouch.The USPTO possesses two typical features: (1) premium exam to ensure treatments fulfill the demanding statutory needs of patentability and (2) well-timed and also dependable processing of those documents. Current data suggests the Office is battling with the next of these requireds, as demonstrated in a vigorous uptick in License Condition Change (PTA) awards. [Graphes below]