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 ...
Data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shows that patent applications steered into a secretive program are rejected twice as often as all patent applications, and those eventually issued take ...
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 ...