John Doll
John Doll
address builds community growing interest logic momentum office open patent powerful public resources source tapping vast
Collaboration between the Patent Office and the open source community builds on the momentum of the open source model. There is powerful logic in tapping vast public resources to address the growing public interest in patent quality.
ability cases examine true
We do not have the ability to examine all the new cases that are being filed, and that's especially true in the high-tech areas.
added cases last
We added over 85,000 cases to the backlog last year. This year, we will add over 100,000 cases to the backlog.
amount code concern form huge software source
There's a lot of concern about software patents. There's a huge amount of source code out there, but it's not in a usable form that examiners can access.