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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago

Opinion: Keep Going Squires USPTO: Inventors Want a Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program 2.0

The USPTO's Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program addresses inventor constraints by enabling reduced claim sets with prioritized examination, offering a pathway toward patent system reform that allows inventors to partially opt out of the one-size-fits-all utility patent model.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
4 months ago

From Boring to Brilliant: How Reimagining USPTO Fee Structure Is Central to U.S. Economic Security

The patent system was designed for individual inventors. Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers-these were lone entrepreneurs securing temporary monopoly rights in exchange for disclosing their inventions to the public. But sometime after World War II, corporations and universities completed a quiet takeover of the patent office. Today's patent landscape is dominated by patent oligarchs: systematic corporate R&D programs filing thousands of applications annually, not individuals pursuing personal innovation.
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