Comments on: Groups Challenge USPTO Rule Changes Based on Outrageous Cost to the Public. Will the OMB Care? http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/10/24/groups-challenge-uspto-rule-changes-based-on-outrageous-costs-to-the-public-will-the-omb-care/ Freshly Brewed Bio/Pharma Chat. Served Up Daily. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patent Baristas » The Rules Are Dead. Long Live The Rules! http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/10/24/groups-challenge-uspto-rule-changes-based-on-outrageous-costs-to-the-public-will-the-omb-care/comment-page-1/#comment-69522 Patent Baristas » The Rules Are Dead. Long Live The Rules! Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:04:27 +0000 http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/10/24/groups-challenge-uspto-rule-changes-based-on-outrageous-costs-to-the-public-will-the-omb-care/#comment-69522 [...] purposes.” That huge understatement belies the fact that some estimates showed that put the minimum direct paperwork cost for only one part of the IDS Rule at $1.9 billion – more than the PTO’s total budget of $1.7 [...] [...] purposes.” That huge understatement belies the fact that some estimates showed that put the minimum direct paperwork cost for only one part of the IDS Rule at $1.9 billion – more than the PTO’s total budget of $1.7 [...]

]]> By: Patent Medicine http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/10/24/groups-challenge-uspto-rule-changes-based-on-outrageous-costs-to-the-public-will-the-omb-care/comment-page-1/#comment-27683 Patent Medicine Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:43:21 +0000 http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2007/10/24/groups-challenge-uspto-rule-changes-based-on-outrageous-costs-to-the-public-will-the-omb-care/#comment-27683 If the USPTO is so upset at how much art is being filed, why don't they just go the WIPO and EPO route, and abolish the requirement? Oh, yeah, they'd have to equip and allow the examiners to do proper searches. Never mind. If the USPTO is so upset at how much art is being filed, why don’t they just go the WIPO and EPO route, and abolish the requirement?

Oh, yeah, they’d have to equip and allow the examiners to do proper searches. Never mind.

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