tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post114053368426906632..comments2023-11-05T06:06:12.057-06:00Comments on The 271 Patent Blog: Two-Seventy-One Patent Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481083706071978817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-1152290967661475422006-07-07T11:49:00.000-05:002006-07-07T11:49:00.000-05:00The PTO is not hiring new examiners like a house o...The PTO is not hiring new examiners like a house on fire. Instead, they are just blowing smoke up everyone's shorts. This is from personal experience. I put forth an incredible effort to get a job there over about two years time. At the end of my effort, I even paid for airfare to interview there. I can tell you without pride that I am fully qualified for the position. The impression I got is that the PTO really did not want to hire anyone. That it was a pain-in-the-ass to hire new people, and everyone there was content with doing their job, collecting their pay, and getting to the links for a 4:00 tee time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-1140537661252282462006-02-21T10:01:00.000-06:002006-02-21T10:01:00.000-06:00I agree that the PTO is sending mixed signals. Th...I agree that the PTO is sending mixed signals. The proposed continuation rules read like their purpose is to help the PTO relieve the backlog. But I was at the town hall meeting in Chicago, and I got the impression that the PTO officials were acknowledging that the rules restricting continuations really wouldn’t help relieve the backlog much. Rather, it seemed apparent that the real reason for restricting continuations was to restrict applicants’ ability to use a continuation application to address competitors’ efforts to design around. They apparently believe that practice is inappropriate. In other words, at least for the continuation rules, they seem to be using the backlog as merely a smokescreen for a substantive change in law/policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com