IG Report: Examiner Time and Attendance Abuses
Patent – Patently-O 2016-09-03
Summary:
by Dennis Crouch The Department of Commerce Inspector General has released an important investigative report concluding that a substantial number of patent examiners are involved in “time and attendance abuse” — working unsubstantiated hours. The unsubstantiated hours peak just [before] after production quota. In a PR response directed both internally and externally, the USPTO emphasized that the report showed only “approximately 2% of the […]