Ex-Examiners Target USPTO's 3-Track Patent Plan

By Erin Coe (February 25, 2011, 8:16 PM EST) -- The White House has proposed dividing up the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's patent application system into three tracks, but the move may make the examination process more complex and do little — at least initially — to drive down the massive backlog of applications, former patent examiners say....

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