http://promotetheprogress.com/tafas-v-dudas-doll-from-the-hip/1162/ Informed and insightful analysis of patent law issues Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:32:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://promotetheprogress.com/tafas-v-dudas-doll-from-the-hip/1162/comment-page-1/#comment-922 Patent and Trademark Attorney Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:40:34 +0000 http://promotetheprogress.com/blog/?p=1162#comment-922 This is far from over. What a waste of government money fighting this and even making these rules. An applicant has 20 years from his filing date. If it takes longer due to continuations, he loses part of this term and he pays a fee for the continuations. Likewise, if an applicant has more than 25 claims (actually more than 20), he pays for each additional claim. The USPTO has structured it in such a way that their examiners don't get more time to review the claims when there are more, but they charge the applicant for these claims. This is already an inequity and they are solving it by harming the applicant further rather than making USPTO procedures fair, e.g. get what you pay for. This is far from over. What a waste of government money fighting this and even making these rules. An applicant has 20 years from his filing date. If it takes longer due to continuations, he loses part of this term and he pays a fee for the continuations. Likewise, if an applicant has more than 25 claims (actually more than 20), he pays for each additional claim. The USPTO has structured it in such a way that their examiners don’t get more time to review the claims when there are more, but they charge the applicant for these claims. This is already an inequity and they are solving it by harming the applicant further rather than making USPTO procedures fair, e.g. get what you pay for.

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