Mark Nowotarski proposes that progress with these difficult patent applications can be tracked by looking at two separate but interrelated metrics, “applicant effectiveness” and “examiner effectiveness”.
Mark Nowotarski proposes that progress with these difficult patent applications can be tracked by looking at two separate but interrelated metrics, “applicant effectiveness” and “examiner effectiveness”.
It’s tough to get a patent these days. In my career as both an inventor and a registered US patent agent, I’ve seen the process for getting a patent become increasingly more difficult.
“Why is it taking so long to get my patent?” The answer may well be that you have a tough patent examiner.
It’s a struggle to get a mechanical patent. In the good old days, you wrote a patent, you filed a patent, and with maybe one or two rejections from the patent examiner, you got a patent.