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Examiners don’t set policy or create procedures, they just examine patents. There’s thousands of them, it’s not like every patent examiner has different procedu
by patentatt 8y ago
Examiners don’t set policy or create procedures, they just examine patents. There’s thousands of them, it’s not like every patent examiner has different procedures.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoIn the UK the patent examiner's manual - the Manual of Patent Practice - is publicly available; it explains standard precedence cases, tests used (eg to tell if an invention is software as such). Patents aren't that complex that you can tie them up to make them only processable by the original examiner. UK examiner's have about 1-2 days total processing time per search/examination (less in some fields). The technical aspects are set by the applicant, as is the language of the claims. There are definitely some hacks to force through a patent, but it will be of low worth and easily defeated in court (and obviously so to a good patent attorney).