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 Chicago Town Hall Meeting Focuses on Proposed Rule Changes to Improve Patent Examination

 Chicago, IL -- The Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today provided an audience of Chicago-area patent attorneys, patent agents, independent inventors and members of the small business community with background information regarding proposed new rule changes. Commissioner for Patents John Doll and James Toupin, the agency's general counsel, discussed the challenges the USPTO faces and the reasons why the proposed new rules limiting claims and rework are necessary.

Specifically, these initiatives will prioritize the claims reviewed during the examination process and better focus the agency’s examination of patent applications by requiring applicants to identify the most important claims to the invention.

The recognized value of patents to innovation has led to enormous increases in the number of patent applications filed each year. Since the USPTO's resources have not increased at the same rate as filings, it has become much more difficult

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