USPTO's Iancu: “Our patent system is at a crossroads”

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USPTO's Iancu: “Our patent system is at a crossroads”

April 12 2018
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Andrei Iancu has declared “we must change the dialogue surrounding patents”, and revealed the USPTO is looking to simplify the eligibility determination for its examiners and assessing PTAB issues such as how proceedings are instituted

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