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• Former USPTO Director Jon Dudas coauthors article which blames the USPTO's Funding Woes on the Economy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Former USPTO Director Jon Dudas, is a co-author in an October 26, 2009 article entitled, "Let the PTO Pay It's Own Way", which appeared in the National Law Journal.  The article appears to deny any role of…

• USPTO Quality Review is Dysfunctional says USPTO Director Kappos at the 2009 AIPLA Annual Meeting

                                                 Director David Kappos stated in his remarks to the 2009 Annual Meeting at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA),  that the USPTO's Quality metrics, quality review process, and quality reward systems are "all dysfunctional…

• The Number of Patents Granted in years 2002 to 2008 by the USPTO for Wisconsin falls

  The above graph was generated from the USPTO's own data on its' website, which shows a dramatic decrease in the number of patents granted for the state of Wisconsin from years 2002 to 2008.  The graph indicates…

• Secretary Gary Locke expresses outrage at USPTO's Patent Pendency times and states that the USPTO Needs to be Overhauled

                                                      In a recent article published in MSN's "Business in the Main", Secretary Gary Locke expresses his outrage at the USPTO's long processing times for patent applications.  He says: "Quite frankly, the Patent and Trademark Office needs to…

• Where was the March on Washington when the USPTO took our country Back (wards) under the Dudas Regime with Malfeasance, Mismanagement and Expansion of Big Government at the PTO?

                       Beginning in or around 2004, the futures of current and unborn generations were being snatched away by the USPTO, when the USPTO began to contribute to the unraveling of this country's economic picture by stifling…

• After Unprecedented drops in Allowance rates and maintenance fees, the USPTO announces Mr. John Doll's Retirement

         The USPTO announced today a Senior management shakeup, including the retirement of Mr. John Doll, who was most recently, Acting Director of the USPTO.  Click here to read the USPTO's announcement.  Mr. Doll is retiring…

• Sharp Rise in Ex Parte Appeals at the USPTO Seen as Beginning Right around Fiscal Year 2004

  Above is a graph of the number ex parte appeals received from fiscal years 1997 through the first 9 months of fiscal year 2009.  This graph was generated from data culled from the USPTO's website. …

• There is one Office within the USPTO's Office of General Counsel which is a Huge Source of Governmental Waste

  Want to know what is driving a significant portion of the USPTO's unprecedented funding shortfall to the tune of over $100 million whose roots were sown in the Dudas era beginning in or around FY 2004? …

• A Lower Number of Allowances is not Highly, Linearly, Correlated with Improved Patent Quality in terms of In Process Review Compliance Rates from Fiscal Years 2004 to 2008

  The above graph shows that lowered numbers of allowances are not strongly, linearly, correlated with improvements in patent examination quality as indicated by in process compliance rates from fiscal years 2004 to 2008, but are only slightly negatively correlated with improvements to…

• Number of Patents Granted by the USPTO in Rust Belt US States Shows General Trend of Decrease Since 2002

      The above graph was generated from data available on the USPTO's website and shows that four Rust Belt States, Indiana (IN), Michigan (MI), Ohio (OH), and Pennsylvania (PA) showed a general trend of decrease in…