[Gorzaloon]

Park said the action shows patent examiners are being duped by false science.

Hardly surprising, since the USPTO is being forced to hire 900 more examiners. It's not a bad job for a recent grad with no experience, actually, and not always a bad start, since Einstien appears to have done OK.

But my recent experiences with Office Actions are making me pretty cynical about the value of dealing with the entire situation.

Imagine this:

There are not many places where an employee gets OJT while costing the client legal fees approaching $300/Hour, down a bottomless rat hole that has no end in sight, sometimes for years.

[mhx]

Me too. After going through the patent office treadmill for years with a number of different applications, I've come to the conclusion that it's better to just take my chances not patenting my technology, keep it a trade secret, and crush everyone in the marketplace first before they know what hit them.

[Beaker]

Hardly surprising, since the USPTO is being forced to hire 900 more examiners. It's not a bad job for a recent grad with no experience, actually, and not always a bad start, since Einstien appears to have done OK.

Yes, but I really don't think that a recent grad who has put much blood sweat and tears as well as countless sleepless nights into his or her degree is going to settle for the US Patent Office unless they absolutely have to as a last resort. I'd go crazy if I had to waste my degree with a desk job.