The USPTO has pretty much got egg on its face when it comes to some of the patents it has issued in the past. When a performance target is the number of patents

The USPTO has pretty much got egg on its face when it comes to some of the patents it has issued in the past. When a performance target is the number of patents approved then this is what happens. To be able to take a patent in your case load and place it into SAWS just by looking at the area it is in (or appears overly broad) seems be eminently sensible. In effect you are requesting that the patent be reviewed by between 3 and 9 other inspectors. This seems extremely sensible.