12.21.2004  Patent Report  The 1999 American Inventors Protection Act (AIPA) added a procedure by which interested outsiders could argue the case for patent invalidity during the USPTO examination process. The law told the PTO to report to Congress on the effect of the program within five years. The report is now complete, and, as TechDaily (subscription required) reports, PTO is not entirely happy: "Only 53 requests for such re-examinations have been made in five years. The PTO report found that in the same time, it has issued almost 900,000 patents after receiving 1.6 million applications." The report contains further recommendations to improve the process. posted by James DeLong : 12/21/2004 08:36:10 AM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   Patent Harmonization FTC P2P Comments Happy Birthday SSRN ICAC Conference Copyright Tax on MP3 Equipment in Canada now History IP & the Conference on the Economy Geico vs. Google . Free Markets, Not Content Basic Copyright Philosophy IP & Pricing Strategy Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog

	12.21.2004  Patent Report  The 1999 American Inventors Protection Act (AIPA) added a procedure by which interested outsiders could argue the case for patent invalidity during the USPTO examination process. The law told the PTO to report to Congress on the effect of the program within five years. The report is now complete, and, as TechDaily (subscription required) reports, PTO is not entirely happy: "Only 53 requests for such re-examinations have been made in five years. The PTO report found that in the same time, it has issued almost 900,000 patents after receiving 1.6 million applications." The report contains further recommendations to improve the process. posted by James DeLong : 12/21/2004 08:36:10 AM   IPcentral WebLog Blog Main Recent Posts   Patent Harmonization FTC P2P Comments Happy Birthday SSRN ICAC Conference Copyright Tax on MP3 Equipment in Canada now History IP & the Conference on the Economy Geico vs. Google . Free Markets, Not Content Basic Copyright Philosophy IP & Pricing Strategy Archives by Month   December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 Links   PFF Blog