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"This is one of the reasons why the average processing time for a patent is roughly three years." [emphasis added] For an average patent, what percentage of th
by 10ren 17y ago
"This is one of the reasons why the average processing time for a patent is roughly three years." [emphasis added]
For an average patent, what percentage of those 3 years is spent on printing, scanning and entering? If it's one day, then that's the maximum time that could be saved. Profile twice, optimize once.
- InclinedPlane 17y agoLet's say it takes a mere day to process a patent application the roundabout way (printing, scanning, etc.). However, the system is near or above 100% capacity because total throughput is slow. Even if they have enough staff to match the needed throughput they still have a 3 year backlog. So even though they can process 1 year of patents in 1 year, it still takes 3 years to make it to the head of the line. Now, if you cut down overhead you'll be able to get rid of that 3 year backlog and get to processing current applications in closer to real-time.