We have been investigating the secret Sensitive Application Warning System (SAWS) at the USPTO for months. Last fall, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, I received a ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is operating a secret program that attorneys say delays the issuance of patents the PTO deems controversial or inconvenient. References to the Sensitive ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has eliminated a controversial and secretive program that arbitrarily singled out and delayed the issuance of certain patents. The agency did not make a formal ...