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WAVS IP has a new address
11.01.11
WAVS IP has relocated our offices across the street. Please note the new address:
555 12th Street, Suite 1700
Oakland, CA 94607
Information Overload at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
05.12.11
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) receives more prior art submissions by patent applicants than its patent examiners have the capacity to process. Although applicant prior art submissions are highly likely to contain references material to prosecution, evidence suggests that overburdened examiners often fail to utilize references submitted by applicants in their examination of patent applications. The information overload suffered by patent examiners has deleterious effects on patent quality, since examiners fail to identify and apply the references most relevant to the examination of patent applications.
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