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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a judge at the PTAB.  Like other parts of the PTO, we have people all over the country, including many in locations very far away from other PTO facilities (eg in FLA and NY).  If they try to force everyone back, there will be lots of resignations/retirements. People like me, who live inn the DMV, May be willing to go back to Alexandria, but no one will be happy about it.  And unless they raise our production requirements, productivity isn’t going up [/quote]

I'd imagine the companies that want these patents will raise holy hell if PTO starts losing large numbers of examiners and cannot approve patents in a timely manner.  From what I understand, it already takes a couple years to get a patent issued.[/quote]

Since 97, I've applied for several patents and am shocked that takes this office 6 months - 2 years to review and approve the paperwork. Had no idea the dept was this large. I assumed 100 people worked in this office...lol[/quote]

Let me guess, none of your patent applications were successful.  Because you're clearly not that bright if you think granting a patent is "approving paperwork".[/quote]

16 and counting but keep trying. All i said is 13K employees is surprising based on my experience with agency. There's no need to sling insults. [/quote]

8000 examiners to handle one million patent apps a year, is ridiculously efficient actually.  16 hours to review a patent, with sometimes hundred of pages of filings.   Go any lower (as we will now due to forced attrition) and you are basically shifting the burden to the courts, where you will be looking at decades not 1-2 years.  What a shame people like you apparently didn’t realize what they had.  [/quote]

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