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If the patent examiner only has 12 hours to examine prior art as the article states why aren't they just replaced with a random number generator?
by dugmartin 8y ago
If the patent examiner only has 12 hours to examine prior art as the article states why aren't they just replaced with a random number generator?
- gowld 8y agoLike peer review in the academic sciences, they just check that it is properly formatted documented that confirms their pre-existing biases.
- patentatt 8y agoThat's simply not true. Just because there are examples of examination being imperfect doesn't mean that all Examiners are doing is confirming biases. Also, Examiners don't care about formatting at all.
- patentatt 8y agoHow much time would be appropriate? What do you base it on? What information do you have that the USPTO doesn't have? Propose a real alternative.