The company he founded, Mexico-based BioFase, has developed and patented a process for processing seeds -- which previously have gone to waste -- into bioplastic.
The game is further rigged by the fact that patent processing in America is not a sequential process (first in, first out) but a high-speed race in which the well connected and more aggressive win.J.E.
In this article, we present ongoing work on an advanced patent processing service PATExpert.
We introduce a content representation schema for patent documentation and sketch the design of techniques that facilitate the integration of this schema into the patent processing cycle.
The director of the patent office has responded that diverting that money would deny his agency 25percentt of its self-projected revenue, or $295 million, causing hiring freezes and increased delays in patent processing and approval.
Work would stall across a wide swath of scientific and economic agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the Census Bureau and the International Trade Administration, while activities like fisheries management, patent processing and climate observation would continue.
The central assumption underlying PATExpert is that in order to meet the needs of the users of patent processing services, recourse must be made to the content of patent material.
"There's a subculture of the patent world that says, 'Let's overwhelm the examiner and see if he just lets it go.' " Whether the examiners capitulate or, overworked, simply make too many mistakes, Mr. Rogan says excessive claims not only slow patent processing but contribute to poor-quality patents.
Another factor contributing to patent processing delays is the mismatch between the organizational structure of the patent office, which assigns applications to examiners who are experts in a single field, and the interdisciplinary nature of today's innovation, which increasingly occurs at the seams of scientific disciplines.
Last year, more than 1,000 patents for processing financial and management data were approved, up from 200 in 1997.
