Evaluation of Patent Examination Pilot Programs
Authors
Jarad Thomas Kukla, William T. Proia
Sponsor
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Advisors
Creighton R. Peet, Kaveh Pahlavan
Term
October – December 2008
Project Outcomes
Abstract
To properly evaluate two pilot programs developed by the USPTO to expedite the patent application examination process, the team obtained feedback from supervisors of the two pilot programs as well as quantitative and qualitative data on timeliness, quality management and office processes involved. These were compared to that of the standard examination process in order to give the USPTO useful feedback on whether or not the pilot programs are ready to be applied on a larger scale.